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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Wada, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04M 1/72522 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/23222 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01); H04M 2250/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device is provided to allow a user to take a selfie while the user looks directly at the camera. A smartphone includes: a monitor; a camera provided at a display surface side of the monitor; and a CPU configured to control the smartphone. The CPU includes a display control unit configured to display, during image capturing of a subject by the camera, an object in a first display area on the monitor in order to lead gaze of a user of the smartphone to the camera, the first display area being located within a predetermined range from a location of the camera of the smartphone.