Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Hiroki Kasugai

Shinichi Yamamoto

Yoshio Ohtsuka

Hiroyuki Kuroki

Norikazu Kaneda

Yuuji Matsuo

An imaging device includes an imaging main body; a fan accommodation portion provided in an upper portion of the imaging main body; and a cooling fan disposed in the fan accommodation portion, wherein the fan accommodation portion includes an upper surface, a pair of side surfaces, and a front surface that cover the cooling fan, and an intake port and an exhaust port for the cooling fan to perform intake and exhaust are provided on a surface of the fan accommodation portion different from the upper surface.

Imaging device with upper mounted fan accommodation portion

An imaging device includes an image sensor, a controller, and an annunciator. The image sensor is configured to capture an object image entering via an optical system. The controller is configured to control focusing operation to focus the object image by the optical system. The annunciator is configured to output focusing sound that has a predetermined frequency characteristic according to the focusing operation. The frequency characteristic of the focusing sound includes a first sound component based on first frequency, and a second sound component based on second frequency that is higher than the first frequency and lower than twice frequency of the first frequency.

Imaging device

A signal processing device includes an input interface, an image processor, an audio processor, and a controller. The input interface receives signals of a video and an audio acquired concurrently in a space where subjects exist. The image processor recognizes subject images in the video, to determine a first type of area where each subject exists. The audio processor recognizes sound sources in the audio, to determine a second type of area where each sound source exists in the space, independently of the first type of area. The controller uses the first and second types of areas to judge coincidence or non-coincidence between a position of the each subject and a position of the each sound source, to determine a combination of a subject and a sound source whose positions coincide with each other. The controller selectively determines the subject image to be output that corresponds to the combination.

Signal processing device and signal processing system

An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to capture a subject to generate image data; an audio input device configured to input audio to generate an audio signal indicating audio to be collected during image capturing with the image sensor; a setting interface configured to set the imaging apparatus to an auto mode being an operation mode operable to automatically change a directivity of the audio input device in response to an instruction of a user; and a controller configured to control a sound collection area for collecting sound from the subject in the audio signal, wherein with the auto mode being set by the setting interface, the controller is configured to control the sound collection area to cover the subject by changing the directivity of the audio input device in linkage with an image shooting state of the imaging apparatus.

Imaging apparatus

An imaging apparatus includes: an imager configured to capture a subject image to generate image data; an audio input device configured to receive audio data indicating sound during; a detector configured to detect a subject and a its type based on the image data generated by the imager; an audio processor configured to process the audio data received by the audio input device based on the type of subject detected by the detector; and an operation member configured to set a target type to be processed by the audio processor among a plurality of types including first and second types different from each other, based on a user operation, wherein the audio processor is configured to process the audio data to emphasize or suppress specific sound corresponding to the target type in audio data received when a subject of the target type is detected in the image data.

An imaging apparatus comprising: an image sensor configured to capture an image of a subject to generate image data; an audio input device configured to receive an audio signal indicating sound to be collected during image capturing with the image sensor; a detector configured to detect a subject region which corresponds to the subject in the image data; a controller configured to control a sound collection area where a sound from the subject is collected for the audio signal; wherein when the detector detects a plurality of subject regions, the controller compares a size of a subject region of a focus target with a size of another subject regions among the plurality of subject regions, and determines whether or not a subject corresponding to each of the plurality of subject regions is a sound collection target based on a comparison result.

An imaging apparatus includes: a first display; a second display; a speaker configured to output a sound effect in response to a predetermined operation; and a controller configured to control an output of the sound effect from the speaker. The controller is operable to: in a case of the first display set as operable, cause the speaker to output a sound effect having a first frequency characteristic in response to the predetermined operation; and in a case of the second display set as operable, cause the speaker to output a sound effect having a second frequency characteristic in response to the predetermined operation, the second frequency characteristic being different from the first frequency characteristic.

An imaging apparatus comprising: a display configured to display information; an image sensor configured to capture an image of a subject to generate image data; an audio input device configured to input audio to generate an audio signal indicating sound to be collected during image capturing with the image sensor; a detector configured to detect a subject region which corresponds to the subject in the image data; a controller configured to determine a main subject and a sound collection target for the audio signal, according to a subject region detected by the detector. When the detector detects a plurality of subject regions, the controller controls the display to display first identification information indicating a subject which is the main subject and is the sound collection target and second identification information indicating a subject which is different from the main subject and is the sound collection target distinguishably from each other.

The flexible printed circuit includes a first insulator including a first insulating layer, a second insulator including a second insulating layer, and a wiring layer formed of a conductive material. Each of the first insulator and the second insulator meets IEC 60950. The flexible printed circuit includes a region where insulation of the wiring layer is required, the region is hermetically sealed by the first insulator and the second insulator.

Flexible printed circuit and imaging apparatus including same

The electronic device of the present disclosure has a mounting section, a voltage determiner, and an attach-detach detector. The mounting section accepts a removable, externally-connected device and connects to a data line into which a unit signal having a data period for transmitting a data signal and a detection period for transmitting a detection signal is fed from the externally-connected device. The voltage determiner determines an electric potential of the data line so as to have a first logical value when the externally-connected device is detached from the mounting section. The attach-detach detector detects whether the externally-connected device is mounted on, or detached from the mounting section by detecting the detection signal of the first logical value determined by the voltage determiner or a second logical value.

Electronic device that accepts a removable, externally-connected device

A digital camera includes common terminal, mode dial, and function setting unit. Mode dialis capable of setting a certain photography mode from among a plurality of photography modes including a moving image photography mode and a still image photography mode. Function setting unitperforms a setting so as to, when mode dialsets the certain photography mode to the moving image photography mode, achieve a first function using common terminal, and, when mode dialsets the certain photography mode to the still image photography mode, achieve a second function using common terminal. Function setting unitdoes not achieve the second function in the moving image photography mode, and does not achieve the first function in the still image photography mode.

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Osaka, Japan

Hiroki Kasugai