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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2005
Saichi Sato, Sagamihara, JP;
Saichi Sato, Sagamihara, JP;
Olympus Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Rotate instructing switchesandof an operating remote controllerare pressed and then a CPUcontrols image processing of an image pickup processing portiona direction calculation processing portionand a rotating-image processing portionin accordance with an operating signal to rotate and display a screendisplayed on a screen of an LCDA. Touch-panel type direction instructing portions arranged on the LCDA are operated, thereby supplying operating signals to the CPUvia a touch panel controllerThe CPUdetermines, by using a determining area table arranged in a ROMbased on the operating signal, which direction instructing portion is pressed. Simultaneously, the CPUcalculates the moving direction and the amount of movement of an image by a direction processing portionand the direction calculation processing portionand controls the driving of a driving unitbased on a calculated result.