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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1997
Masanori Kawashima, Yokosuka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image input system includes: an image pickup device movable at least from side to side; an image pickup direction designating device for designating the direction of movement at least from side to side of the image pickup device; a display form switching device for switching a display form for an image picked up by the image pickup device between two display forms: a real image display form in which the image is displayed as it is and a mirror image display form in which the image is displayed reversed left to right; and a control direction changing device which, when the display form is switched by the display form switching device, changes the correspondence of the designation regarding the direction of movement from side to side, given by the image pickup direction designating device, and the direction of movement from side to side effected in response to the designation.