Camera system and controller

• US 20070104476A1
• Filed: 10/30/2006
• Published: 05/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Katagiri, Yoshito, Yasutomi, Takeshi
• Time in patent office: 0 Days
• US Class Current: 396/287
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00482 outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2125 Display of information relating to the still picture recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2137 with temporary storage before final recording, e.g. in a frame buffer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/232 Devices for controlling television cameras, e.g. remote control ; Control of cameras comprising an electronic image sensor H04N5/235 takes precedence ; Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements G02B7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/23206 Transmission of camera control signals via a network, e.g. Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/23293 Electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/232935 for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/232939 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera

Abstract

A camera system to photograph a subject as a preview photography and as a regular photography, and to display image of the preview photography and image of the regular photography, including: a communication section; a photographing section to photograph the subject; a control section to control the photographing section through the communication section, at least to photograph the subject as the preview photography; a memory section to store image data as the regular photography and as the preview photography of the subject, photographed by the photographing section; and an image display section, provided on the control section, wherein when the control section controls the photographing section to photograph the subject as the regular photography after the preview photography, the image display section displays the preview photography of the subject based on the image data which was previously stored in the memory section.

Claims

1. A camera system to photograph a subject as a preview photography and as a regular photography, and to display image of the preview photography and image of the regular photography, comprising:

a communication section;

a photographing section to photograph the subject;

a control section to control the photographing section through the communication section, at least to photograph the subject as the preview photography;

a memory section to store image data as the regular photography and as the preview photography of the subject, photographed by the photographing section; and

an image display section, provided on the control section, wherein when the control section controls the photographing section to photograph the subject as the regular photography after the preview photography, the image display section displays the preview photography of the subject based on the image data which was previously stored in the memory section.

3. The camera system in claim 1, wherein the memory section is provided on the control section.

4. The camera system in claim 1, wherein when the control section controls the photographing section to photograph the regular photography, the image display section changes to display the image data of the preview photography which was previously photographed to the image data of the regular photography.

5. The camera system in claim 4, wherein when the image display section displays the image of the regular photography, the control section controls the image display section to display through a prescribed display mode that the image displayed on the image display section is the image of the regular photography.

2. The camera system claim 2, wherein the memory-section is provided on the photographing section.

6. A camera system to photograph a subject as a preview photography and as a regular photography, and to display the image of the preview photography and the image of the regular photography, comprising:

a communication section;

a photographing section which photographs the subject as the regular photography and as the preview photography, and has a generating section to produce image data having lower resolution than the regular photography, from image data of the regular photography;

a control section to control the photographing section through the communication section, to photograph the subject as the regular photography, or to photograph the subject as the preview photography;

a memory section to store image data as the preview photography and the regular photography of the subject, photographed by the photographing section; and

an image display section wherein when the control section controls the photographing section to photograph the subject as the regular photography after the preview photography, the image display section generates the image of the subject whose resolution is lower than the regular photography in the generating section, and displays lower resolution image.

7. The camera system in claim 6, wherein when the image display section displays the low resolution image, the control section controls the image display section to display through a prescribed display mode that the displayed low resolution image is generated from the regular image data.

8. A control device connected to a photographing device which photographs a subject as a preview photography and as a regular photography, comprising:

a communication section;

a control section to control the photographing device through the communication section, to photograph the subject as the regular photography, or to photograph the subject as the preview photography;

an image display section to display at least the image of the subject photographed as the preview photography, controlled by the control section, and when the control device controls the photographing device to photograph the subject as the regular photography, the image display section displays the preview photography which was previously photographed.

9. The control device in claim 8, further comprising a memory section to store the image data of the regular image photography.

10. The control device in claim 8, wherein in a case that the control device controls the photographing device to photograph the subject as the regular image photography, after the regular image data is obtained by the photographing device, the control section controls the image display section to display through a prescribed display mode that the image data displayed on the image display section is the image data of the regular photography.

11. The control device in claim 10, wherein when the image display section displays the regular image data, the control section controls the image display section to display through a prescribed display mode, that the displayed image data is the image data of the regular photography.

12. A control device connected to a photographing device which photographs a subject as a preview photography and as a regular photography, comprising:

a communication section;

a control section to control a photographing section to photograph a subject as a preview photography or a regular photography; and

an image display section to display the image of the preview photography controlled by the control section, and when the control section controls the photographing device to photograph the subject as the regular photography, the image display section displays a photography whose resolution is changed lower than the regular photography based on the image data of the regular photography.

13. The control device in claim 12, wherein when the image display section displays the regular image data, the display device displays through a prescribed display mode that the displayed low resolution image is generated from the image data of the regular photography.