Panasonic Corporation

Suguru Takamatsu

Akira Yamada

Satoko Horio

An image capture device includes a viewfinder for viewing a subject. The viewfinder either forms an integral part of the device or is an external member that is attachable to, and removable from, the device. The device includes: an optical system; a generating section for capturing an image of the subject through the optical system and generating image data; a detecting section for detecting the degree of focusing of the subject's image represented by the image data; a display section on which the subject's image is presentable based on the image data; and a controller for accepting a decision to use either the display section or the viewfinder for viewing the subject to shoot. If the controller accepts the decision to use the viewfinder, the display section displays no subject's image, and displays information about the degree of focusing of the subject's image for at least a certain period of time. The information has been obtained based on a result of detection done by the detecting section.

Image capture device with a viewfinder for viewing a subject

An image processor that can get a number of image files resized collectively is provided in order to realize a more user-friendly resizing function. The image processor includes: a control section configured to select a particular set of resizing conditions from a plurality of sets of resizing conditions in accordance with a user's instruction; and an image processing section configured to perform resizing processing on each of a plurality of images in accordance with the selected particular set of resizing conditions. Each set of resizing conditions specifies a plurality of estimated resized image sizes. Each estimated resized image size is associated with a respective image aspect ratio. For said each of the plurality of images to be resized, the image processing section selects an estimated resized image size from the selected particular set of resizing conditions according to the aspect ratio of said each of the plurality of images and performs the resizing processing on said each of the plurality of images in accordance with the selected estimated resized image size.

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Osaka, Japan

Suguru Takamatsu