Olympus Imaging Corporation

Olympus Corporation

Tetsuya Kokufu

Atsushi Maruyama

Yoji Watanabe

The present invention is an image pickup apparatus including: an image processing section configured to be capable of outputting a cut-off image (cropped image) corresponding to an optical image formed on a specified area of an image pickup device; an image display device; a touch panel provided on the image display device; and a control section; wherein if the touch panel detects a drag operation during a live view display operation being performed on the image display device, the specified area is caused to relatively move with respect to the optical image according to a movement direction and movement distance of the drag operation.

Image pickup apparatus, image pickup system and image pickup method

In an image pickup apparatus, an original image selecting unit selects an original image from picked-up images acquired by an image pickup unit; a process image selecting unit selects a process image from the picked-up images; and an image combining instructing unit issues an instruction to combine the process image with the original image; an eye detecting unit detects an eye area. Further, a combining position setting unit sets a combining position in the original image based on a position of the eye area; an image processing unit processes the process image; an image combining unit combines the processed process image with the original image in the combining position, and generates a composite image; and a composite image display control unit performs control such that the composite image is displayed on a display unit.

Image pickup apparatus and image combining method of image pickup apparatus

An imaging apparatus is disclosed which analyzes image data of a subject acquired by an image pickup device to select an appropriate combination of exposure time, aperture, and exposure sensitivity upon shooting in order to perform exposure control. As an example of image data analysis methods, there is shown a method of detecting the movement of a characteristic point in an image, or a method of detecting luminance variations in a specific block or area in the image to detect the subject movement. As another exemplary method, a face of the subject is detected. The present invention can also be combined with a shake reduction mode.

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Machida, Japan

Tetsuya Kokufu