Image sensing apparatus which can detect optical characteristics of an image to control title insertion
First Claim
1. An image sensing apparatus comprising:
- a) an optical system capable of varying an aspect ratio of a photographed image;
b) detecting means for detecting a conversion ratio of said optical system;
c) image sensing means for converting an optical image photographed by said optical system into an electrical signal;
d) combining means for combining character information with image information outputted from said image sensing means; and
e) compressing means for compressing the character information in accordance with an output from said detecting means.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
There is provided an image sensing apparatus which comprises a detecting part for detecting an optical characteristic of a photographic optical system, an image sensing part for converting an optical image photographed by the photographic optical system into an electrical signal, a combining part for combining character information with image information outputted from the image sensing part, and a control part for controlling a combining operation of the combining part in accordance with an output of the detecting part. There is also provided an image sensing apparatus which comprises a detecting part for detecting an optical characteristic of a photographic optical system, an image sensing part for converting an optical image photographed by the photographic optical system into an electrical signal, a character information generating part for generating character information to be combined with image information outputted from the image sensing part, and a compressing part for compressing the character information in accordance with an output of the detecting part.
-
Citations
34 Claims
-
1. An image sensing apparatus comprising:
-
a) an optical system capable of varying an aspect ratio of a photographed image; b) detecting means for detecting a conversion ratio of said optical system; c) image sensing means for converting an optical image photographed by said optical system into an electrical signal; d) combining means for combining character information with image information outputted from said image sensing means; and e) compressing means for compressing the character information in accordance with an output from said detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (2)
-
-
3. An image sensing system comprising:
-
a) an optical system for forming an image of a subject as an optical image; b) detecting means for detecting an optical characteristic of said optical system; c) identification information generating means for generating identification information associated with the optical characteristic from an output of said detecting means; d) image sensing means for converting the optical image into an electrical signal; e) character information generating means for generating character information; f) compressing means for compressing the character information in accordance with an output of said detecting means; g) combining means for combining the character information with image information indicated by the electrical signal formed by said image sensing means; and h) recording means for recording the image information combined with the character information by said combining means on a recording medium together with the identification information.
-
-
4. An image sensing system comprising:
-
a) an optical system for forming an image of a subject as an optical image; b) detecting means for detecting an optical characteristic of said optical system; c) identification information generating means for generating identification information associated with the optical characteristic from an output of said detecting means; d) image sensing means for converting the optical image into an electrical signal; e) character information generating means for generating character information; f) compressing means for compressing the character information in accordance with an output of said detecting means; g) combining means for combining the character information with image information indicated by the electrical signal formed by said image sensing means; h) recording means for recording the image information combined with the character information by said combining means on a recording medium together with the identification information; i) read-out means for reading out the image information and the identification information from the recording medium; j) converting means for converting an aspect ratio of the read image information on the basis of the identification information; and k) adjusting means for adjusting the image information to an aspect ratio of a screen on which the image information is to be displayed.
-
-
5. An image sensing apparatus comprising:
-
a) detecting means for detecting an optical characteristic of a photographic optical system; b) image sensing means for converting an optical image photographed by the photographic optical system into an electrical signal; c) character information generating means for generating character information to be combined with image information outputted from said image sensing means; and d) compressing means for compressing the character information in accordance with an output of said detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
-
-
8. An image signal processing apparatus comprising:
-
a) input means for inputting an image signal; b) converting means for converting an aspect-ratio of the image signal; c) character signal generating means for generating character signal to be combined with the image signal; wherein said character signal generating means includes control means for controlling character width of the character signal in accordance with a converting characteristic of said aspect-ratio converting means; d) combining means for combining the controlled character signal generated by said character signal generating means with the converted image signal. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. An image sensing apparatus comprising:
-
a) an aspect-ratio converting optical system capable of varying an aspect ratio of a photographed image; b) image sensing means for converting an optical image photographed by said optical system into an electrical signal; c) detecting means for detecting whether said aspect-ratio converting optical system has been attached; d) character generating means for generating character information to be combined with image information outputted from said image sensing means; and e) compressing means for compressing the character information in accordance with an output of said detecting means.
-
-
18. An image sensing apparatus comprising:
-
a) image sensing means capable of outputting a first image signal and a second image signal indicative of an image having an angular field of view which is enlarged only in a predetermined direction with respect to an angular field of view of an image indicated by the first image signal; b) generating means for generating a third image signal other than the first and second image signals, a compression/expansion ratio at which the third image signal generated from said generating means is compressed or expanded along its time axis when said image sensing means outputs the first image signal being selected to differ from a compression/expansion ratio at which the third image signal generated from said generating means is compressed or expanded along its time axis when said image sensing means outputs the second image signal; and c) combining means for combining an image signal outputted from said image sensing means with the third image signal.
-
-
19. An image signal processing apparatus comprising:
-
a) input means for inputting an image signal; b) converting means for converting an aspect-ratio of the image signal; and c) character signal generating means for generating character signal to be combined with the image signal, wherein said character signal generating means includes control means for controlling form of the character signal in accordance with a converting characteristic of said aspect-ratio converting means. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
-
-
26. An image signal processing apparatus comprising:
-
a) input means for inputting an image signal; b) detecting means for detecting an aspect ratio of the image signal input by said input means; c) character signal generating means for generating character signal to be combined with the image signal, wherein said character signal generating means includes control means for controlling form of the character signal in accordance with an output of said detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
-
Specification