Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

Takashi Onoda

Hitoshi Tanaka

Osamu Nojima

Kazuaki Hagiwara

Genki Kumazaki

Taku Koreki

Ai Nakajima

Yukio Nakano

Akira Miyata

Yoshiyuki Kato

Shinichi Matsui

Kenji Iwamoto

Kazunori Yanagi

Kouichi Nakagomi

Tomohiko Murakami

Kenji Yoshizawa

Yutaka Onodera

Yoshihiro Takayama

Ken Fujita

Kazuo Ura

Naoya Okamoto

Ryo Murata

Katsuhisa Yoshimoto

Kouchi Nakagomi

An image capture apparatus includes an image capture unit, a communication unit, and a control unit which communicates with an external device by first or second communication systems. The first system maintains communication connection even if the apparatus and device are not in a predetermined operational mode for executing image transmission processing. The second system maintains communication connection if the apparatus and device are in the predetermined mode. The control unit can automatically transmit a photographed image to an external device through the communication unit by the second communication system, and switch and control first and second functional modes for enabling and disabling a photography function, respectively. Where an image is photographed in the first mode, the control unit records the image as a target for automatic transmission. If the transmission target image is recorded, automatic transmission is not started during the first mode, and started during the second mode.

Image capture apparatus comprising image transmission function

An image processing apparatus including a CPU which is operable to function as units comprising a processing unit which sets, as a first area, an area that is not a peripheral edge area in a captured image acquired by an imaging unit, sets an area including the peripheral edge area as a second area, and performs predetermined processing on one of the first area and the second area, and a specification unit which specifies whether the first area is subjected to the predetermined processing or the second area is subjected to the predetermined processing, based on orientation information of the imaging unit when the captured image is acquired.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method and storage medium

An image capture apparatus is provided with an image capture unit and a communication unit, and is configured to: perform automatic transmission for automatically transmitting an image photographed with the image capture unit to an external device through the communication unit; switch and control a first functional mode for enabling a photography function, and a second functional mode for disabling the photography function and enabling a communication function in relation to image transmission; in a case in which an image is photographed in the first functional mode, record the photographed image as a transmission target image that is targeted for the automatic transmission; and even if the transmission target image is recorded, control the communication unit not to start automatic transmission of the transmission target image to the external device during the first functional mode, and control the communication unit to start automatic transmission of the transmission target image to the external device during the second functional mode.

An image capturing apparatus () includes an image capturing unit (), a display control unit (), an overlap determination unit (), and a recording control unit (). The image capturing unit () sequentially captures an image of a subject. The display control unit () controls the image containing the subject image sequentially captured by the image capturing unit () and an indicator image for instructing recording of the subject image to be displayed on a display unit in such a way that the indicator image is superimposed on the image containing the subject image. The overlap determination unit () determines whether the indicator image and the subject image have overlapped. The recording control unit () controls the image containing the subject image to be recorded in a storage medium, when the overlap determination unit () determines that the indicator image and the subject image have overlapped.

Image capturing apparatus, image capturing control method and storage medium for capturing a subject to be recorded with intended timing

In a digital camera, when a lagged-timing is recorded (Yes at Step S), from the frame image picked up when the shutter is fully depressed, a frame image picked up at a timing equivalent to the lagged-timing is displayed (Step S). When the cross-shaped key is operated before the SET key is operated, the displayed frame image is changed based on the operation (Step Sand Step S). Next, when the SET key is operated, the displayed frame image is recorded. In addition, a lag between the timing at which the recorded frame image is picked up and the timing at which the frame image picked up when the shutter is fully depressed is picked up is recorded (Step S).

Imaging apparatus, imaging method and program thereof

An image apparatus records images of a subject corresponding to a photo opportunity without intensifying complex operations after the imaging. When a SLOW button is depressed, a process is started in which frame image data that is obtained at an imaging frame rate is stored sequentially in a buffer memory. The frame image data is read out from the buffer memory at a display frame rate that is set in advance, and images are displayed on a display device based on this frame image data. When a shutter key is depressed, the frame image data read out from the buffer memory is recorded to storage memory.

Imaging apparatus, recording medium for recording a computer program, and imaging control method

An image capture device sets a central vicinity of a frame of a predetermined area as a focus region upon detecting a half-press operation of a shutter button in a through-the-lens image displaying, designates a central vicinity pixel region of the region as a pixel region to be tracked, and determines whether or not the designated pixel region is adequate as an object of tracking. If the pixel region is adequate, the pixel region is tracked until the shutter button is detected as pressed down fully. When a fully-press operation of the shutter button is detected, the frame of a predetermined area is displayed in a fixed manner on a display unit. Upon a detection that a change of the pixel region has occurred, or the pixel region has contacted or exceeded the frame of a predetermined area, a recording processing is started immediately by a high speed consecutive capture.

Image capture device that records image accordant with predetermined condition and storage medium that stores program

Herein disclosed is an imaging apparatus, carrying out a step of calculating an exposure value based on image data obtained by the imaging section, a step of computing a shutter speed by mean of, for example, a program AE control in accordance with the exposure value calculated in the calculation step; a step of determining, in accordance with the shutter speed computed in the computation step, a continuous shooting speed indicative of the number of photographs per unit time; and a step of driving the imaging section so that a photographing operation is carried out with the continuous shooting speed thus determined.

Imaging apparatus, continuous shooting control method, and program therefor

An imaging apparatus comprises a focusing unit configured to focus an object to be shot by an imaging unit, a first shooting control unit configured to control the imaging unit in order to continuously shooting at first time intervals upon detecting a shooting instruction, a determining unit configured to determine whether the object moves in a distance direction during a control operation of the first shooting control unit, and a second shooting control unit configured to control the imaging unit in order to continuously shoot at second time intervals and to control the focusing unit in order to focus the object when the determining unit determines that the object moves in the distance direction.

Imaging apparatus, imaging method and storage medium

A recording apparatus receives, with respect to an identical program, high image quality digital broadcasting data and low image quality digital broadcasting data, records the high image quality program data and the low image quality program data in a recording medium. When a cellular phone device is connected to the recording apparatus, the recording apparatus transfers the recorded low image quality program data to the cellular phone device via a communication interface. The recording apparatus transmits, to the portable cellular phone device, management information of the end of playback and deletion of the first program data whose program is identical to that of the transferred second program data.

Recording apparatus, mobile receiver apparatus and data management method

Program data included in a digital television broadcast received from a broadcast station is recorded. A program keyword list that has stored keywords on program sections of the program data corresponding to broadcast time zones is received from a service company's server. Videos and voices on a program section involving a keyword that meets predetermined conditions selected from the keywords stored in the received program keyword list are reproduced.

Recording/reproduction apparatus, system and program which reproduces a section of a recorded program based on a keyword relating to the section and a reproduction speed corresponding to the keyword

A method and a system for estimating electricity consumption of electric appliances and an abnormality alarm system, enabling estimation of individual electricity consumption of electric appliances in operation in a building or the like by a non-intrusive method, and comprising a measuring sensor ( ), data extracting means ( ), and estimating means ( ) such as an LMC. The estimating means ( ) learns based on a training set in advance, and is able to estimate individual electricity consumption of electric appliances in operation. Fundamental and higher harmonics of total load current and their phase differences from voltage are obtained by the data extracting means ( ) from measurement data V , V , I , I detected by an instrument transformer ( ) and an instrument current transformer ( ) provided in the vicinity of a service entrance of a feeder to a user . They are inputted to the estimating means ( ) as inputs, thereby estimating individual electricity consumption of the electric appliances.

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Takashi Onoda