Portable telephone capable of recording a composite image
First Claim
1. A mobile telephone including an image pickup unit and a base image record section for recording a base image, and having an image processing function of combining a combination object image picked up by the image pickup unit and the base image to generate a composite image, the mobile telephone comprising:
- a composite image record section which records the composite image;
a mask image data record section which records a plurality of types of mask image data representing mask images to specify a combining position of the combination object image to be combined with the base image on the base image and an image pickup area for picking up the combination object image by the image pickup unit, the mask image data corresponding to the base image;
a reading unit which reads the mask image data selected from among the plurality of types of mask image data from the mask image data record section;
a display unit which displays a preview image generated by combining the base image and the mask image based on the mask image data read by the reading unit on a display, wherein the displayed preview image shows the image pickup area on the base image such that the base image surrounds the displayed image pickup area, and wherein subsequent to displaying the preview image, the display unit displays the composite image showing the combination object image as a through image on the base image and located within the image pickup area;
a combination object image holding unit which holds the combination object image which is picked up in accordance with the mask image of the preview image displayed on the display;
an image combining unit which combines the combination object image held by the combination object image holding unit with the base image at the combining position specified by the mask image data; and
a recording unit which records a composite image combined by the image combining unit in the composite image record section,wherein the plurality of types of mask image data recorded in the mask image data record section include the mask image data representing a plurality of types of mask images corresponding to the base image;
wherein the display unit one at a time sequentially displays on the base image the plurality of types of mask images corresponding to the base image, and each of the sequentially displayed mask images is displayed with the base image until its corresponding combination object image is picked-up and held, and each of the sequentially displayed mask images is one at a time sequentially displayed with the base image and all previously picked-up and held combination object images that correspond to one of the sequentially displayed mask images;
wherein the combination object image holding unit holds a plurality of combination object images which are picked up in accordance with the plurality of types of mask images displayed on the display; and
wherein the image combining unit combines each of the plurality of combination object images, held by the combination object image holding unit, with the base image at the combining position based on the mask image to specify the image pickup area of the combination object image.
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Abstract
An object of the invention is to provide a mobile telephone capable of generating a highly flexible composite image for the user. The mobile telephone of the invention includes image memory (16) for recording a base image, mask image memory (17) in which a plurality of types of mask image data representing mask images to specify the combining positions of combination object images with each base image and the image pickup areas when the combination object images are picked up by a camera section (11) are stored corresponding to the base images, and a CPU (12) for reading the mask image data selected by the user from the mask image memory (17), displaying the mask image based on the read mask image data on a display section (15), recording the image to be combined, picked up based on the displayed mask image in RAM (14), combines the recorded image to be combined at the combining position of the base image specified by the selected mask image data, and recording a composite image resulting from the combining in the image memory (16).
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6 Claims
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1. A mobile telephone including an image pickup unit and a base image record section for recording a base image, and having an image processing function of combining a combination object image picked up by the image pickup unit and the base image to generate a composite image, the mobile telephone comprising:
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a composite image record section which records the composite image; a mask image data record section which records a plurality of types of mask image data representing mask images to specify a combining position of the combination object image to be combined with the base image on the base image and an image pickup area for picking up the combination object image by the image pickup unit, the mask image data corresponding to the base image; a reading unit which reads the mask image data selected from among the plurality of types of mask image data from the mask image data record section; a display unit which displays a preview image generated by combining the base image and the mask image based on the mask image data read by the reading unit on a display, wherein the displayed preview image shows the image pickup area on the base image such that the base image surrounds the displayed image pickup area, and wherein subsequent to displaying the preview image, the display unit displays the composite image showing the combination object image as a through image on the base image and located within the image pickup area; a combination object image holding unit which holds the combination object image which is picked up in accordance with the mask image of the preview image displayed on the display; an image combining unit which combines the combination object image held by the combination object image holding unit with the base image at the combining position specified by the mask image data; and a recording unit which records a composite image combined by the image combining unit in the composite image record section, wherein the plurality of types of mask image data recorded in the mask image data record section include the mask image data representing a plurality of types of mask images corresponding to the base image; wherein the display unit one at a time sequentially displays on the base image the plurality of types of mask images corresponding to the base image, and each of the sequentially displayed mask images is displayed with the base image until its corresponding combination object image is picked-up and held, and each of the sequentially displayed mask images is one at a time sequentially displayed with the base image and all previously picked-up and held combination object images that correspond to one of the sequentially displayed mask images; wherein the combination object image holding unit holds a plurality of combination object images which are picked up in accordance with the plurality of types of mask images displayed on the display; and wherein the image combining unit combines each of the plurality of combination object images, held by the combination object image holding unit, with the base image at the combining position based on the mask image to specify the image pickup area of the combination object image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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