Image pickup apparatus with inclination guide display
First Claim
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
- an image-pickup mode setter which sets one image-pickup mode in a plurality of image-pickup modes for each specific image-pickup scene in which a control for picking-up images is preliminarily set depending on the specific image-pickup scene;
an inclination detector which detects an inclination of the image-pickup apparatus;
a display processor for showing, on a display device, an inclination guide display depending on the inclination detected by the inclination detector; and
a display controller which controls display of the inclination guide display in accordance with an image-pickup mode for the specific image-pickup scene, which is set by the image-pickup mode setter,wherein the display controller changes a level of exaggeration of the inclination guide display in accordance with the image-pickup mode for the specific image-pickup scene set by the image-pickup mode setter.
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Abstract
An image pickup apparatus is disclosed which provides an appropriate inclination guide display in accordance with an aspect ratio of a picked-up image and the like. The image pickup apparatus includes an inclination detector which detects an inclination of the image pickup apparatus, a display device capable of superimposedly showing an inclination guide display corresponding to a detection output from the inclination detector, on a picked-up image, and an aspect ratio setter which sets the aspect ratio of a picked-up image. The apparatus includes a display controller which controls whether or not to show the inclination guide display on the display device on the basis of the aspect ratio set by the aspect ratio setter.
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8 Claims
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1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
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an image-pickup mode setter which sets one image-pickup mode in a plurality of image-pickup modes for each specific image-pickup scene in which a control for picking-up images is preliminarily set depending on the specific image-pickup scene; an inclination detector which detects an inclination of the image-pickup apparatus; a display processor for showing, on a display device, an inclination guide display depending on the inclination detected by the inclination detector; and a display controller which controls display of the inclination guide display in accordance with an image-pickup mode for the specific image-pickup scene, which is set by the image-pickup mode setter, wherein the display controller changes a level of exaggeration of the inclination guide display in accordance with the image-pickup mode for the specific image-pickup scene set by the image-pickup mode setter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A control method of an image pickup apparatus, the image pickup apparatus including an image-pickup mode setter which sets one image-pickup mode in a plurality of image-pickup modes for each specific image-pickup scene in which a control for picking-up images is preliminarily set depending on the specific image-pickup scene, the control method comprising the steps of:
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detecting an inclination of the image-pickup apparatus; and controlling display of an inclination guide display in accordance with an image-pickup mode for the specific image-pickup scene, which is set by the image-pickup mode setter, along with a process for showing, on a display device, the inclination guide display depending on the inclination detected by the detecting step, wherein the controlling step changes a level of exaggeration of the inclination guide display in accordance with the image-pickup mode for the specific image-pickup scene set by the image-pickup mode setter.
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8. A non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store a program to enable a computer to execute a method for controlling an image pickup apparatus, the image pickup apparatus including an image-pickup mode setter which sets one image-pickup mode in a plurality of image-pickup modes for each specific image-pickup scene in which a control for picking-up images is preliminarily set depending on the specific image-pickup scene, the control method comprising the steps of:
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detecting an inclination of the image-pickup apparatus; and controlling display of an inclination guide display in accordance with an image-pickup mode for the specific image-pickup scene, which is set by the image-pickup mode setter, along with a process for showing, on a display device, the inclination guide display depending on the inclination detected by the detecting step, wherein the controlling step changes a level of exaggeration of the inclination guide display in accordance with the image-pickup mode for the specific image-pickup scene set by the image-pickup mode setter.
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