Image display system, image processing apparatus, and method for displaying image data

• US 7,042,500 B1
• Filed: 04/14/1999
• Issued: 05/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Minolta Corporation Limited (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Minolta Corporation Limited (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Niikawa, Masahito
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Ngoc-Yen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hannett, James M.
• Application Number:
  US09/291,071
• Time in Patent Office: 2,582 Days
• Field of Search: 348/207.1, 348/207.11, 348/211.14, 348/14.03, 348/14.05, 348/211.8, 348/211.13
• US Class Current: 348/211.4
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/72 Combination of two or more compensation controls

Abstract

An image display system includes a photographing apparatus and an image processing apparatus connectable to the photographing apparatus. The photographing apparatus has a transmitter for transmitting prephotographed image data of an object before the object is actually photographed. The image processing apparatus has a receiver for receiving the prephotographed image data transmitted from the transmitter, and a display for displaying the received image data with the same number of pixels as the photographing apparatus.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus connectable to a photographing apparatus, comprising:

an interface for connecting said image processing apparatus to said photographing apparatus;

a display which can display a plurality of windows and function indicators based on data processed by said image processing apparatus, wherein one of said windows shows said photographing apparatus and an indicator for transmitting a power-off instruction to said photographing apparatus in order to turn off the power source of said photographing apparatus; and

a controller for minimizing the window showing said photographing apparatus when the power-off instruction has been transmitted from said indicator for turning off the power of said photographing apparatus.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said window displayed on said display is closed when said photographing apparatus is disconnected from said image processing apparatus.

3. The image processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said one window displays multiple components of said photographing apparatus, and the minimized window comprises an iconic representation of said photographing apparatus.