Electronic camera having pen input function
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1. An electronic camera comprising:
- an imaging element that converts an optical image that passes through a photographing lens into a digital image by operating a release switch to an ON state;
a display device capable of displaying said digital image;
a pen-type designator capable of designating an arbitrary position on a display screen of said display device;
a pen position detecting device that detects the position designated by said pen-type designator;
a pen trail display controller that causes said display device to display a movement trail of the detected designated position; and
a pen detection controller that inhibits said imaging element from forming an image of a next frame and allows said pen position detecting device to detect said designated position and allows said pen trail display controller to control display of said movement trail, while said release switch is kept operated to the ON state after the imaging element terminates forming an image of one frame, said pen detection controller enabling said imaging element to effect forming an image of the next frame when said release switch is thereafter operated to an OFF state.
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Abstract
An electronic camera of the present invention includes an imaging element that forms an image of an object, a display device that displays the formed image; a memory that stores the image formed by the imaging element; and a designating device that designates arbitrary positions on a display screen of the display device.
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16 Claims
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1. An electronic camera comprising:
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an imaging element that converts an optical image that passes through a photographing lens into a digital image by operating a release switch to an ON state; a display device capable of displaying said digital image; a pen-type designator capable of designating an arbitrary position on a display screen of said display device; a pen position detecting device that detects the position designated by said pen-type designator; a pen trail display controller that causes said display device to display a movement trail of the detected designated position; and a pen detection controller that inhibits said imaging element from forming an image of a next frame and allows said pen position detecting device to detect said designated position and allows said pen trail display controller to control display of said movement trail, while said release switch is kept operated to the ON state after the imaging element terminates forming an image of one frame, said pen detection controller enabling said imaging element to effect forming an image of the next frame when said release switch is thereafter operated to an OFF state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An electronic camera comprising:
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an imaging element that forms an image of an object; a display device that is provided on a side of the electronic camera opposite to a side of the electronic camera on which a photographing lens is provided and that displays said formed image; a designating device that designates arbitrary positions on a display screen of said display device; a memory that stores an image data file that includes image data of the image formed by the imaging element, the display device being capable of displaying the image by using the image data in the stored image data file, the memory also storing a designation data file that includes designation data corresponding to the designated positions, the display device being capable of displaying markings at the designated positions by using the designation data in the stored designation data file, the markings being displayed superimposed on the displayed image; and the image data file and the designation data file are correlated to each other. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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