Photographic apparatus
First Claim
1. A photographic apparatus comprising:
- a posture detecting device which detects the posture of a body of the photographic apparatus wherein the posture is related to an inclination angle of body of the photographic apparatus as a first posture,a store instructing device which instructs storing of a first posture detected by said posture detecting device wherein a first inclination angle of the body of the photographic apparatus is stored,a posture storing device for storing a secondary posture detected by said posture detecting device as a second inclination angle of the body of the photographic apparatus in accordance with an instruction from said store instructing device,a discrepancy extent computing device which compares the first posture stored by said posture storing device and the secondary posture detected by said posture detecting device, and computes the extent of any discrepancy between the first posture and the secondary posture; and
a correction information generating device for generating correction information for correcting the secondary posture to the first posture previously stored by said posture storing device based on the extent of the discrepancy computed by said discrepancy extent computing device.
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Abstract
The photographic apparatus according to the present invention comprises a posture detecting device which detects the posture of a body of the photographic apparatus, a store instructing device which instructs storing of a posture detected by the posture detecting device, a posture storing device for storing the posture detected by the posture detecting device in accordance with an instruction from the store instructing device, a discrepancy extent computing device which compares the posture stored by the posture storing device and the current posture detected by the detecting device, and computes the extent of any discrepancy of the current posture from the posture stored by the posture storing device, and a correction information generating device for generating correction information for correcting the current posture to the posture stored by the posture storing device on the basis of the extent of the discrepancy computed by the discrepancy extent computing device.
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27 Claims
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1. A photographic apparatus comprising:
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a posture detecting device which detects the posture of a body of the photographic apparatus wherein the posture is related to an inclination angle of body of the photographic apparatus as a first posture, a store instructing device which instructs storing of a first posture detected by said posture detecting device wherein a first inclination angle of the body of the photographic apparatus is stored, a posture storing device for storing a secondary posture detected by said posture detecting device as a second inclination angle of the body of the photographic apparatus in accordance with an instruction from said store instructing device, a discrepancy extent computing device which compares the first posture stored by said posture storing device and the secondary posture detected by said posture detecting device, and computes the extent of any discrepancy between the first posture and the secondary posture; and a correction information generating device for generating correction information for correcting the secondary posture to the first posture previously stored by said posture storing device based on the extent of the discrepancy computed by said discrepancy extent computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15)
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7. A posture correction information generating method in a photographic apparatus, comprising steps of:
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detecting a secondary posture of a body of the photographic apparatus; comparing the detected secondary posture of the body of the photographic apparatus with a first posture thereof acquired in advance and computing the extent of the discrepancy of the secondary posture from the first posture; and generating correction information intended to match the secondary posture of the body of the photographic apparatus with the first posture based on the computed extent of the discrepancy. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16)
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17. A photographic apparatus comprising:
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a posture detecting device that acquires and stores first and second orientations of the body of the photographic apparatus as a basic posture and a current posture, wherein a discrepancy between the first and second orientations is computed; a generating device for generating correction information to correct the discrepancy; and a display device for displaying the correction information wherein the correction information are directional icons positioned on or adjacent to the edge of the display device, the directional icons corresponding to the direction of movement of the photographic apparatus based on the extent of the discrepancy computed by the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A posture correction information generating method in a photographic apparatus, comprising steps of:
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detecting a posture of the body of the photographic apparatus using a posture detecting device wherein the posture is related to an inclination angle of body of the photographic apparatus, storing a first posture detected by said posture detecting device wherein a first inclination angle of the body of the photographic apparatus is stored using a posture storing device, storing a secondary posture detected by said posture detecting device as a second inclination angle of the body of the photographic apparatus, comparing the first posture stored by said posture storing device and the secondary posture detected by said posture detecting device, and computing the extent of any discrepancy between the first posture and the secondary posture; and generating correction information for correcting the secondary posture to the first posture previously stored by said posture storing device based on the extent of the discrepancy computed by said discrepancy extent computing device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A photographic apparatus comprising:
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a posture detecting device which detects a first orientation of the body of the photographic apparatus as a basic posture, a store instructing device which instructs storing of said first orientation detected by said posture detecting device, a posture storing device for storing a second orientation of the body of the photographic apparatus detected by said posture detecting device as a current posture in accordance with an instruction from said store instructing device, a discrepancy extent computing device which compares the first orientation stored by said posture storing device and the second orientation detected by said posture detecting device, and computes the extent of any discrepancy between the first orientation and the secondary orientation; a correction information generating device for generating correction information for correcting the secondary orientation to the first orientation previously stored by said posture storing device based on the extent of the discrepancy computed by said discrepancy extent computing device; and a display device for displaying the correction information wherein the correction information are directional icons positioned on or adjacent to the edge of the display device, the directional icons corresponding to the direction of movement of the photographic apparatus based on the extent of the discrepancy computed by the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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