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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2003
Kiyoshi Kawano, Saitama-ken, JP;
Tadayuki Kirigaya, Saitama-ken, JP;
Hitoshi Uwabu, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Toshio Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Kawano, Saitama-ken, JP;
Tadayuki Kirigaya, Saitama-ken, JP;
Hitoshi Uwabu, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Toshio Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
PENTAX Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The digital camera being capable of recording stereoscopic first and second still images includes an imaging device that captures the first and second still images in this order, a display unit that displays a moving image captured by the imaging device to allow framing an image to be taken. The display unit superimpose a framing assisting pattern on the moving image to facilitate the framing of the image to be taken. A grid pattern may be utilized as the framing assisting pattern. After the first still image is captured, the display unit displays the first still image, with the framing assisting pattern superimposed thereon, besides the moving image after said first still image is captured.