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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Hiroaki Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Fumikazu Hatanaka, Nara, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroaki Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Fumikazu Hatanaka, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/02 (2006.01); G03B 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); G03B 13/02 (2013.01); G03B 17/20 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing device includes an assistant image synthesizing unit that changes a degree of transparency of a first assistant image in a transparent background area set in a second assistance image, when generating a synthesized assistant image by synthesizing the first and second assistant images providing assistance information for capturing, and a display control unit that overlaps the synthesized assistant image with a captured image and displays the image on a display unit.