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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2009
Applicant:
Kazunori Kita, Mizuho-machi, JP;
Inventor:
Kazunori Kita, Mizuho-machi, JP;
Assignee:
Casio Computer Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/202 (2006.01); H04N 5/208 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Plural areas defined by contours in a through image (live view image) are previously set as object segments whose luminance levels are to be altered. When a user touches a point within an object segment seen in the through image displayed on a touch panel LCD, a gamma curve is changed to alter a luminance level of the object segment including the touched point. This arrangement allows the user to make more bright the whole of the object segment simply by touching a point within the object segment, and also to select any segment of an object as the object segment whose luminance level is to be altered.