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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Yuji Saitou, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Saitou, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus and method is disclosed which allows a user to grasp recording image regions for a moving image and a still image to be recorded actually to perform accurate image recording. An image pickup apparatus which can record moving images and still images determines forms of guide frames for a moving image and a still image based on aspect ratios for moving images and still images set in advance by a user. The guide frames are displayed on a monitor screen in response to a situation of an actual recording process. Where the image pickup apparatus is not in a state wherein image data can be recorded such as where a medium does not exist, only a guide frame for an image of a category which can be recorded is displayed together with a picked up image.