Document camera apparatus and method for capturing, processing, and displaying image data
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1. A document camera comprising:
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2) imagers;
a storage that temporarily stores m sets of image data captured by m (1≦
m≦
n) imagers among the n imagers;
an image processor that determines a quantity of m sets of image data stored in the storage, determines a type of predetermined image processing, from a plurality of predetermined image processing types, based on the quantity of m sets of image data, and performs predetermined image processing according to the type of predetermined image processing corresponding to the quantity of m sets of image data stored in the storage; and
an output image data output unit that outputs image data to a display apparatus, the image data being a single image data set produced in the predetermined image processing,wherein the type of predetermined image processing is determined regardless of a selection input from an operator of the document camera when the quantity of m sets of image data is equal to a predetermined quantity, andthe type of predetermined image processing is determined in accordance with the selection from the operator of the document camera when the quantity of m sets of image data is not equal to the predetermined quantity.
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Abstract
A document camera includes: n (n≧2) imagers; a temporal storage that temporarily stores m sets of image data captured by m (1≦m≦n) imagers among the n imagers; an image processor that performs predetermined image processing according to the number of image data sets m on the m sets of image data stored in the temporal storage; and an output image data output unit that outputs output image data to a display apparatus, the output image data being a single output image data set produced in the predetermined image processing.
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1. A document camera comprising:
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n (n≧
2) imagers;a storage that temporarily stores m sets of image data captured by m (1≦
m≦
n) imagers among the n imagers;an image processor that determines a quantity of m sets of image data stored in the storage, determines a type of predetermined image processing, from a plurality of predetermined image processing types, based on the quantity of m sets of image data, and performs predetermined image processing according to the type of predetermined image processing corresponding to the quantity of m sets of image data stored in the storage; and an output image data output unit that outputs image data to a display apparatus, the image data being a single image data set produced in the predetermined image processing, wherein the type of predetermined image processing is determined regardless of a selection input from an operator of the document camera when the quantity of m sets of image data is equal to a predetermined quantity, and the type of predetermined image processing is determined in accordance with the selection from the operator of the document camera when the quantity of m sets of image data is not equal to the predetermined quantity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling a document camera including n (n≧
- 2) imagers and a storage, the method comprising;
capturing m sets of image data by using m (1≦
m≦
n) imagers among the n imagers;temporarily storing the m sets of captured image data in the storage; determining a quantity of m sets of image data stored in the storage, determining a type of predetermined image processing, from a plurality of predetermined image processing types, based on the quantity of m sets of image data, and performing predetermined image processing according to the type of predetermined image processing corresponding to the quantity of m sets of image data stored in the storage; and outputting image data to a display apparatus, the image data being a single image data set produced in the predetermined image processing, wherein the type of predetermined image processing is determined regardless of a selection input from an operator of the document camera when the quantity of m sets of image data is equal to a predetermined quantity, and the type of predetermined image processing is determined in accordance with the selection from the operator of the document camera when the quantity of m sets of image data is not equal to the predetermined quantity. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
- 2) imagers and a storage, the method comprising;
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13. A document camera comprising:
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n (n≧
2) imagers;a storage that temporarily stores m sets of image data captured by m (1≦
m≦
n) imagers among the n imagers;an image processor that performs predetermined image processing according to the number of m sets of image data stored in the storage; an output image data output unit that outputs image data to a display apparatus, the image data being a single image data set produced in the predetermined image processing; and an image processing mode selector for selecting an image processing mode when m≧
2,wherein the predetermined image processing is a process selected by using the image processing mode selector, and the image processing mode includes, as the predetermined image processing, a comparison mode in which (m−
1) sets of image data among the m sets of image data are processed into transparent image data sets and the m sets of image data are combined into a single image data set so that the image data sets having undergone the transparency process are superimposed on the remaining image data set not having undergone the transparency process.
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14. A document camera comprising:
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n (n≧
2) imagers;a storage that temporarily stores m sets of image data captured by m (1≦
m≦
n) imagers among the n imagers;an image processor that performs predetermined image processing according to the number of m sets of image data stored in the storage; an output image data output unit that outputs image data to a display apparatus, the image data being a single image data set produced in the predetermined image processing; and an image processing mode selector for selecting an image processing mode when m≧
2,wherein the predetermined image processing is a process selected by using the image processing mode selector, and the image processing mode includes, as the predetermined image processing, at least two of; a simultaneous display mode in which the m sets of image data are combined into a single image data set so that the m sets of image data are displayed side by side, a comparison mode in which the m sets of image data are superimposed onto one another into a single image data set, and an individual switching mode in which m sets of image data allow the m sets of image data to be individually displayed are produced. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A document camera comprising:
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n (n≧
2) imagers;a storage that temporarily stores m sets of image data captured by m (1≦
m≦
n) imagers among the n imagers;an image processor that determines a quantity of m sets of image data stored in the storage, determines which types of predetermined image processing, from a plurality of predetermined image processing types, are available for image processing, based on the quantity of m sets of image data, receives a selection input, corresponding to at least one of the predetermined image processing types available for image processing, from a user of the document camera, and performs predetermined image processing according to the at least one of the predetermined image processing types corresponding to the selection input received from the user of the document camera; and an output image data output unit that outputs image data to a display apparatus, the image data being at least one image data set produced in the predetermined image processing, wherein the type of predetermined image processing is selected regardless of the selection from the operator of the document camera when the quantity of m sets of image data is equal to a predetermined quantity, and the type of predetermined image processing is selected according to the selection from the operator of the document camera when the quantity of m sets of image data is not equal to the predetermined quantity. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A document camera comprising:
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n (n≧
2) imagers;a storage that temporarily stores m sets of image data captured by m (1≦
m≦
n) imagers among the n imagers;an image processor that performs predetermined image processing according to the number of m sets of image data stored in the storage; an output image data output unit that outputs image data to a display apparatus, the image data being a single image data set produced in the predetermined image processing; and an image processing mode selector for selecting an image processing mode when m≧
2,wherein the predetermined image processing is a process selected by using the image processing mode selector, the image processing mode includes, as the predetermined image processing, a composite switching mode in which a first image data set obtained by combining the m sets of image data so that the m sets of image data are displayed side by side and m sets of second image data that allow the m sets of image data to be separately displayed are produced, and the image data output unit outputs any one of the first image data set and the m sets of second image data when the composite switching mode is selected.
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