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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Shinichi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Sensaburo Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Shinichi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Sensaburo Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A switcher control device includes: a superimposition determining unit that determines whether a superimposition image is superimposed on an image taken by a camera based on angle information and zoom value information about the camera in selecting a camera image when an effects switcher selects the image taken by the camera as a background image; and a switcher instructing unit that instructs the effects switcher to superimpose the superimposition image based on a determined result of the superimposition determining unit.