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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Tomotaka Ogura, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Ikuta, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomotaka Ogura, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Ikuta, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/31 (2006.01); H04N 9/81 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 9/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/772 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 9/3176 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 9/8227 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a projection unit, a reproduction processing unit configured to perform processing for reproducing image data, and a control unit configured to switch between operation modes at least including an image capturing mode in which the image capturing unit performs image capturing and a reproduction mode in which the reproduction processing unit performs reproduction processing. When the operation mode is switched to the reproduction mode, the control unit starts activation processing for activating the projection unit.