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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:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masato Sannoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriaki Ojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 ; H04N 5/232 ; G03B 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 ; H04N 5/232 ; G03B 1/300 ;
Abstract
An image pick-up device comprises a central processing unit which obtains photography advisability information showing whether or not an image can be picked-up, and an image preprocessor which displays a target mark used as the photography criterion on a display. The image preprocessor changes a form of the target mark based on the content of the photography advisability information.