IP Library Granted Patent US 8,842,202
Granted Patent B2
US 8,842,202 · App. 13/648,814 · Granted Sep 23, 2014

Mobile terminal, method for adjusting magnification of camera and program

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Patent No.
US 8,842,202
App. No.
13/648,814
Granted
Sep 23, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a mobile terminal, a method for adjusting the magnification of a camera and a program that enable a photographer, who shoots an image using a display screen, to easily see an image displayed on the display screen. A mobile terminal including a camera and a display screen comprises: a display control section that displays an image of an object picked up by the camera on the display screen; a detecting section that detects a photographer's eye position with respect to the display screen and measures a distance from the eye position to the display screen; a measuring section that measures a distance from the camera to the object; and an adjusting section that adjusts a magnification of the camera on the basis of the distance measured by the detecting section and the distance measured by the measuring section.

Claims (28)

1. A mobile terminal including a camera and a display screen, the mobile terminal comprising:

a display control means that displays an image of an object picked up by the camera on the display screen:

a first measuring means that detects a photographer's eye position with respect to the display screen and measures a distance D 1 from the eye position to the display screen;

a second measuring means that measures a distance D 2 from the camera to the object; and

adjusting means that adjusts a magnification of the camera on the basis of the distance D 1 measured by said first measuring means and the distance D 2 measured by said second measuring means,

wherein said adjusting means divides a multiplication value obtained by multiplying the distance D 1 by the distance D 2 , by an addition value obtained by adding the distance D 1 to the distance D 2 and adjusts the magnification of the camera on the basis of a calculated value obtained by dividing the multiplication value by the addition value.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

said adjusting means increases the magnification of the camera as the calculated value becomes larger.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising storage means,

wherein the object is a guideboard on which a predetermined mark is placed,

said storage means stores therein the predetermined mark and specific information in association with each other, and

said display control means displays the specific information on the display screen when said display control means detects the predetermined mark in the guideboard, an image of which is picked up by the camera.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the camera has a panning function and a tilting function, and

said adjusting means sets an orientation of the camera on the basis of an eye position detected by said first measuring means.

5. A method for adjusting a magnification of a camera of a mobile terminal including the camera and a display screen, the method comprising:

display control for displaying on the display screen an image of an object picked up by the camera;

measuring a first measurement in which a photographer's eye position with respect to the display screen is detected and a distance D 1 from the eye position to the display screen is measured;

measuring a second measurement in which a distance D 2 from the camera to the object is measured; and

adjusting a magnification of the camera on the basis of the distance D 1 measured in said first measurement and the distance D 2 measured in said second measurement,

wherein in said adjusting, a multiplication value obtained by multiplying the distance D 1 by the distance D 2 is divided by an addition value obtained by adding the distance D 1 to the distance D 2 and the magnification of the camera is adjusted on the basis of a calculated value obtained by dividing the multiplication value by the addition value.

6. A mobile terminal including a camera and a display screen, the mobile terminal comprising:

display control means that displays an image of an object picked up by the camera on the display screen;

a first measuring means that detects a photographer's eye position with respect to the display screen and measures a distance D 1 from the eye position to the display screen;

a second measuring means that measures a distance D 2 from the camera to the object; and

adjusting means that adjusts a magnification of the camera on the basis of the distance D 1 measured by said first measuring means and the distance D 2 measured by said second measuring means,

wherein the object is a guideboard on which a predetermined mark is placed, said storage means stores therein the predetermined mark and specific information in association with each other, and

said display control means displays the specific information on the display screen when said display control means detects the predetermined mark in the guideboard, an image of which is picked up by the camera.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2015
From: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036037/0476 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2015
From: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035866/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2012
From: KOIKE, SATOSHI
To: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 029429/0806 →