Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Olympus Corporation

Akio Terane

Masaomi Tomizawa

Akira Hatakenaka

Hideaki Yoshida

Tatsuji Higuchi

Takashi Suzuki

Takeshi Suzuki

An electronic camera comprises imaging means for optoelectrically converting a subject image to generate electronic image data, temporary storage means for temporarily storing the image data produced by the imaging means, image display means for displaying an image based on the image data stored in the temporary storage means, recording means for recording the image data stored in the temporary storage means on a recording medium, erasing means for erasing the image data recorded on the recording medium, instructing means for instructing the recording means to abort recording on the recording medium of the image data stored in the temporary storage means or for instructing the era-sing means to erase the image data recorded on the recording medium, and control means for controlling the image display means to display thereon the image based on the image data stored in the temporary storage means for a predetermined period of time after capturing, for controlling the recording means to abort recording on the recording medium of the image data stored in the temporary storage means when an instruction is given from the instructing means while the recording means is recording the image data on the recording medium, and for controlling the erasing means to erase the image data recorded on the recording medium when an instruction is given from the instructing means after the recording means has recorded the image data on the recording medium.

Electronic camera

An electronic camera comprises imaging means for optoelectrically converting a subject image to generate electronic image data, temporary storage means for temporarily storing the image data produced by the imaging means, image display means for displaying an image based on the image data stored in the temporary storage means, recording means for recording the image data stored in the temporary storage means on a recording medium, erasing means for erasing the image data recorded on the recording medium, instructing means for instructing the recording means to abort recording on the recording medium of the image data stored in the temporary storage means or for instructing the erasing means to erase the image data recorded on the recording medium, and control means for controlling the image display means to display thereon the image based on the image data stored in the temporary storage means for a predetermined period of time after capturing, for controlling the recording means to abort recording on the recording medium of the image data stored in the temporary storage means when an instruction is given from the instructing means while the recording means is recording the image data on the recording medium, and for controlling the erasing means to erase the image data recorded on the recording medium when an instruction is given from the instructing means after the recording means has recorded the image data on the recording medium.

An electronic camera system of this invention is an electronic camera system comprising an electronic camera and a camera stand which is provided so as to enable the electronic camera to be mounted thereon and includes a power supplying section for supplying power to the electronic camera mounted. The electric camera system is mainly characterized in that the electronic camera is formed so as to have an exterior shape capable of being mounted on the camera stand, and the camera stand is formed so as to have an exterior shape which enables the electronic camera to be mounted either in a first direction in which the front of the camera faces to the front of the camera stand or in a second direction in which the back of the camera faces to the front of the camera stand.

Electronic apparatus, stand and electronic apparatus stand system

An electronic imaging device has a reproduction section which reproduces at least one of a thumbnail image and a full image, display section to display reproduced at least one of the thumbnail image and the full image, a scene select section which selects a desired thumbnail image and outputs a scene select signal, and display controller to display a full image corresponding to the desire thumbnail signal in the display section based on the scene select signal output at the end, and the display controller controls the record reproduction section before reproducing the full image corresponding to the thumbnail image based on the scene select signal output at the end when the plurality of scene select signals are input.

Electronic imaging device

An electronic camera comprises an encoding/decoding unit for compressing/decompressing digital data obtained by an image sensing unit and processed by a signal processing unit, a recording medium for recording the encoded data, a display control unit which outputs a display image signal upon reception of an output from the signal processing unit and incorporates a character generator for a frame number display, and a display for displaying an image and a frame number on the basis of an output from the display control unit, wherein when a change of the display frame number is instructed by increment and decrement switches, a frame number being displayed, a frame number to be displayed, and an arrow representing shift of the display are superimposed and displayed on an image being displayed.

An electronic camera includes a menu switch for displaying, on a display, the first print mode of printing only image data and the second print mode of superimposing and printing attendant data on image data, increment and decrement switches for moving menu items, and an execution switch for determining and executing a target item, wherein when an image file recorded on a recording medium is to be displayed on the display, if the electronic camera is in the first print mode, attendant data is superimposed and displayed on image data after the start of display, and display is switched to display of only the image data after a predetermined period, or if the electronic camera is in the second print mode, attendant data is always superimposed and displayed on image data during display.

An electronic camera comprises a photographing/reproducing changeover switch for switching the mode of the camera between a photographing mode and a reproducing mode, a menu switch for displaying a main operation menu which includes a plurality of items, an ascending order switch for increasing a numeral assigned to each of the items of the main operation menu, a descending order switch for decreasing a numeral assigned to each of the items of the main operation menu, an execution switch for executing an instruction item included in the main operation menu, a trigger switch for inputting an instruction to perform photographing and recording, a power switch for instructing turn-on and -off of a power, a superimposition switch for designating whether or not image data should be printed with supplementary data superimposed thereon, and a reversal switch for designating whether or not an image should be printed reversed.

A print system comprises an electronic camera with an auto-power-off function, for taking in image formation of a subject image, and a printer for printing the image information taken in the electronic camera. The auto-power-off function is disabled during a process of printing the image information by the printer, and enabled after the process of printing the image information by the printer is finished.

Print system and electronic camera

An electronic camera includes a driving power supply unit which can be selectively connected to, as a driving power supply, an internal power supply including a battery and an external power supply, an image sensing unit for sensing an image and generating image data, a recording unit for signal-processing the image data from the image sensing unit and recording the data on a recording medium, a reconstruction unit for reconstructing an image from the recording medium and outputting the reconstructed image data to a printer, a display unit for selectively displaying a picture, a reconstructed image, and an operation menu, a power supply recognition unit for recognizing whether the driving power supply is a battery, and a control unit for inhibiting display by the display unit in accordance with the operation state of the printer when the power supply recognition unit recognizes the battery as the driving power supply.

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Sagamihara, Japan

Akio Terane