Image processing apparatus and method for displaying an image and posture information
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1. An image processing apparatus for informing a user of the posture thereof comprising:
- an image pickup element;
a posture detecting device configured to detect posture information of the image pickup element;
an operation member;
a control circuit configured to execute an image taking process for storing the image data obtained from an output of the image pickup element and the posture information detected by the posture detecting device on a recording medium, in accordance with an operation of the operation member; and
a display device configured to display an image representing a visual facsimile of said image processing apparatus whose posture reflects the posture of said image processing apparatus, the visual facsimile including visually distinguishable representations of the top and bottom of said image processing apparatus the posture of said image processing apparatus and to rotate the image representing the posture of said image processing apparatus based on the image data stored in the recording medium, using the posture information stored in the recording medium, and display the thus rotated image,wherein the posture information indicates angles which are set stepwise and the image to be displayed by said display device is allowed to be rotated based on any of the angles, andwherein said display device is configured to continuously display an image based on the output of the image pickup element and the image representing the posture of said image processing apparatus based on the posture information detected by said posture detecting device, before the execution of the image taking process, in accordance with an operation of said operation member.
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Abstract
A camera informs a user of a posture of a camera or availability of the detection and includes an image processing apparatus having a photographing part for taking an image, a posture detecting part for detecting the posture of the photographing part in taking the image, and a display part for displaying information for allowing the user to distinguish the posture detected by the posture detecting part together with the image to be taken by the photographing part.
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1. An image processing apparatus for informing a user of the posture thereof comprising:
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an image pickup element; a posture detecting device configured to detect posture information of the image pickup element; an operation member; a control circuit configured to execute an image taking process for storing the image data obtained from an output of the image pickup element and the posture information detected by the posture detecting device on a recording medium, in accordance with an operation of the operation member; and a display device configured to display an image representing a visual facsimile of said image processing apparatus whose posture reflects the posture of said image processing apparatus, the visual facsimile including visually distinguishable representations of the top and bottom of said image processing apparatus the posture of said image processing apparatus and to rotate the image representing the posture of said image processing apparatus based on the image data stored in the recording medium, using the posture information stored in the recording medium, and display the thus rotated image, wherein the posture information indicates angles which are set stepwise and the image to be displayed by said display device is allowed to be rotated based on any of the angles, and wherein said display device is configured to continuously display an image based on the output of the image pickup element and the image representing the posture of said image processing apparatus based on the posture information detected by said posture detecting device, before the execution of the image taking process, in accordance with an operation of said operation member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An image processing method for informing a user of the posture of an image processing apparatus comprising:
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a posture detecting step for detecting posture information of an image pickup element of the image processing apparatus; a display step for displaying an image representing a visual facsimile of said image processing apparatus whose posture reflects the posture of said image processing apparatus, the visual facsimile including visually distinguishable representations of the top and bottom of said image processing apparatus and for rotating the image representing the posture of the image processing apparatus based on the image data stored in a recording medium, using the posture information detected by said posture detecting step, and displaying the thus rotated image; and an image taking step for storing image data obtained from the output of the image pickup element and the posture information detected by said posture detecting step, on a recording medium, in accordance with an operation of an operation member, wherein the posture information indicates angles which are set stepwise and wherein said displaying step rotates the image based on any of the angles, and wherein said displaying step continuously displays an image based on the output of the image pickup element and the image representing the posture of the image processing apparatus based on the posture information detected by said posture detecting step, before the execution of the image taking step, in accordance with an operation of the operation member. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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