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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shozo Endo, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345157 ; 345342 ;
Abstract
A control device for an image input apparatus such as a camera includes a display unit which displays image information obtained from the camera in an image display window, a controller arranged to permit control over a predetermined function of the camera through a control window displayed on the screen of the display unit and a controller arranged to allow, in response to a specific operation, the control window to appear in a position where an identifier is displayed on the screen. The device is further arranged to semitransparently display on the screen at least a part of the control window where the control window overlaps the image display window.