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Control device for image input apparatus

  • US 5,936,610 A
  • Filed: 06/23/1997
  • Issued: 08/10/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A control device for an image input apparatus, comprising:

  • a) display means for displaying, in an image window, image information obtained by an image pickup of an image inputting device, and in a control window not in visual coincidence with said image window, information for permitting control over a predetermined function of said image inputting device;

    b) operator controllable means for variably positioning a cursor on said display means and for receiving operator control input; and

    c) control means for receiving output signals of said operator controllable means and responsive thereto upon preselected disposition of said cursor for displacing said control window into visual coincidence with and on the inner wall of said image window, said control window where said control window coincides with said image window being semitransparently displayed.

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