Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Takashi Chosa

Yuya Ota

Yuya c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ota

An digital camera includes a storage medium for connecting a storage medium having image information stored thereon and a display unit that displays the image information stored on the storage medium. The digital camera displays characteristic images symbolizing one or more pieces of the image information stored on the storage medium on the display unit. The characteristic images include key images, images extracted by retrieval, or images obtained by analyzing plural pieces of image information.

Digital camera

An imaging apparatus includes an operating unit that is capable of inputting a first operation input in acquiring generic image data and a second operation input in acquiring key image data in different operation forms. In addition, the imaging apparatus stores the generic image data and the key image data in an identical storage medium in expressions distinguishable from each other.

Imaging apparatus using a key image in image retrieval or reading out

An imaging apparatus including an image pickup unit, a memory which stores moving image data output from the image pickup unit, a detection circuit which detects that free space of a storage capacity of the memory becomes not more than a predetermined amount, a communicating unit which transmits the moving image data to an external device, and a controller which according to output of the detection circuit provided during photographing the series of moving image data, starts to transmit the moving image data stored in the memory to the external device while photographing the moving image data.

Imaging apparatus

A recording apparatus is provided with a carriage that causes a recording head for recording on a recording medium to relatively travel with respect to the recording medium, a mechanism unit for driving the carriage and carrying the recording medium simultaneously, and a power-supply circuit. This recording apparatus includes a slanting portion arranged for the mechanism unit as a passage for carrying the recording medium, and, in a space made available below the slanting portion, the components constituting the power-supply circuit are arranged substantially in line in the direction substantially transverse to the slanting portion of the mechanism unit. With the arrangement of such structure, the efficiency of space utilization is enhanced and the apparatus can be fabricated more compactly, thus attaining the intended miniaturization thereof.

Compact recording apparatus with efficient space utilization

A power supply control apparatus for controlling a power supply circuit for outputting voltages of at least two systems is constructed by a first power supply circuit for generating a first voltage and a second power supply circuit for generating a second voltage, a controller circuit which is driven by the first voltage, a disconnecting circuit for disconnecting the second voltage by the controller circuit in accordance with a predetermined condition, a power supply controller circuit for controlling the second power supply circuit on the basis of the second voltage, and a supplying circuit for supplying a signal indicative of a state in which the second voltage has been outputted to the power supply controller circuit when the second voltage is disconnected by the disconnecting circuit.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Takashi Chosa