Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Shozo Endo

Tomishige Taguchi

Atsushi Inagaki

Kan Ito

Hiroyuki Kawahara

Hidenori Shiba

Shinji Kurokawa

Hiroshi Toriumi

Takashi Morii

Keita Sonoda

Masakazu Nakadokoro

Tadashi Koyama

An imaging apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to photograph an object to acquire an image, an acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information, an addition unit configured to add the positional information acquired by the acquisition unit to the image acquired by the imaging unit, an operation unit configured to receive an instruction from a user, and a notification unit configured to notify before sending the image, when the operation unit receives an instruction to send the image to the external apparatus after the acquisition unit starts to perform processing for acquiring the positional information and before the addition unit adds the positional information to the image, the user that the positional information has not been added to the image which is instructed to be sent.

Imaging apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium

A position information acquisition apparatus capable of wireless communication with an imaging apparatus, the position information acquisition apparatus includes position information acquisition apparatus configured to acquire position information that indicates a position of the position information acquisition apparatus, reception apparatus configured to receive a request for the position information from the imaging apparatus; position information transmission apparatus configured to transmit by the wireless communication the position information acquired by the position information acquisition apparatus in response to a request for position information from the imaging apparatus, determination apparatus () configured to determine whether the position information acquisition apparatus transmit the position information, and signal transmission apparatus configured to transmit a signal to the imaging apparatus by the wireless communication if the determination apparatus determines that position information acquisition apparatus does not transmit the position information, the signal inhibiting a request for the position information.

Position information acquisition apparatus and method of controlling the same

An electronic apparatus which makes it possible to reduce start-up time for starting the electronic apparatus, without necessitating installment of a plurality of CPUs in the electronic apparatus. A main CPUcontrols a digital camera implementing the electronic apparatus. A storage medium for storing information can be detachably attached to a connector. A medium detection circuitmonitors a status of attachment and detachment of the storage medium to and from the digital camera, irrespective of a status of operation of the main CPU. The sensed status of attachment and detachment of the storage medium is stored in a registerof the medium detection circuit

Electronic apparatus for use with removable storage medium, control method therefor, and program for implementing the method

An image processing apparatus includes a pick-up for picking-up a subject, temporal storage for temporarily storing sets of image information picked up by the pick-up during predetermined time periods, and a display for displaying the stored sets of image information and image information from the pick-up. A subject views the display during image pick-up. Also included is a control that causes temporal storage to store the sets of image information corresponding to the same subject picked up by the pick-up during the predetermined time periods, and causes display of the sets of image information corresponding to the same subject and stored in temporal storage discriminatively from the image information from the pick-up. At least one of the sets of image information is selected corresponding to the same subject in temporal storage.

Image processing system

An image processing system comprises input means for inputting an image information, storage means for storing the image information input from said input means, display means for displaying the image information input from said input means and the image information stored in said storage means, changeover means for switching between the display of the image information from said input means and that of the image information from said storage means, and output means for outputting the image information stored in said storage means.

An image processing system is capable of displaying, storing and printing an image from either of two video inputs. When one video input is selected, a real-time video image of a subject is displayed on a monitor. When a shutter-button is pushed, a still-frame image of the subject is displayed on the monitor and stored in a memory. A print out of the stored image can be requested following confirmation of the quality and desirability of the stored image.

Image processing system having a selector for selecting a picked-up

A control device for an image input apparatus such as a camera includes a display unit which displays image information obtained from the camera in an image display window, a controller arranged to permit control over a predetermined function of the camera through a control window displayed on the screen of the display unit and a controller arranged to allow, in response to a specific operation, the control window to appear in a position where an identifier is displayed on the screen. The device is further arranged to semitransparently display on the screen at least a part of the control window where the control window overlaps the image display window.

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Shozo Endo