IP Library Granted Patent US 9,332,208
Granted Patent B2
US 9,332,208 · App. 14/485,055 · Granted May 3, 2016

Imaging apparatus having a projector with automatic photography activation based on superimposition

Inventors: Daisuke Hayashi (Saitama, JP); Shigeru Kondou (Saitama, JP); Takashi Aoki (Saitama, JP); Kazuki Inoue (Saitama, JP); Hiroyuki Oshima (Saitama, JP); Takeshi Misawa (Saitama, JP); Atsushi Misawa (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
H04N5/7475G03B17/54H04N5/2251H04N5/23219H04N5/23222H04N5/23293H04N5/265H04N5/2628H04N13/0203G03B35/10
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Patent No.
US 9,332,208
App. No.
14/485,055
Granted
May 3, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging apparatus having a projector, includes: an imaging unit that photographs a subject; a mirror image converting unit that converts a live view image photographed by the imaging unit into a mirror image; a projector that projects the mirror image of the live view image in a direction opposite to a photographing direction of the imaging unit; a control unit that initiates actual photography for recording the subject by the imaging unit when a posture of a main subject satisfies a predetermined condition; and a pose image superimposing unit that superimpose a pose image on a projected image, in which the control unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied and performs the actual photography when a superimposition degree of the main subject in the projected image and the pose image is a threshold value or more.

Claims (20)

1. An imaging apparatus having a projector, comprising:

an imaging unit that photographs a subject;

a mirror image converting unit that converts a live view image photographed by the imaging unit into a mirror image;

a projector that projects the mirror image of the live view image in a direction opposite to a photographing direction of the imaging unit;

a control unit that initiates actual photography for recording the subject by the imaging unit when a posture of a main subject satisfies a predetermined condition; and

a pose image superimposing unit that superimpose a pose image on a projected image,

wherein the control unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied and performs the actual photography when a superimposition degree of the main subject in the projected image and the pose image is a threshold value or more, and

the control unit extracts an outline shape of the main subject in the projected image, and performs enlargement and reduction of the pose image so that a size of the outline shape is coincident with a size of the pose image,

wherein the imaging unit photographs a stereoscopic image, and

the outline shape is extracted from a subject which is detected using the stereoscopic image and present at the same distance from the imaging apparatus.

2. An imaging apparatus having a projector, comprising:

an imaging unit that photographs a subject;

a mirror image converting unit that converts a live view image photographed by the imaging unit into a mirror image;

a projector that projects the mirror image of the live view image in a direction opposite to a photographing direction of the imaging unit;

a control unit that initiates actual photography for recording the subject by the imaging unit when a posture of a main subject satisfies a predetermined condition; and

a pose image superimposing unit that superimpose a pose image on a projected image,

wherein the control unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied and performs the actual photography when a superimposition degree of the main subject in the projected image and the pose image is a threshold value or more, and

the control unit extracts an outline shape of the main subject in the projected image, and performs enlargement and reduction of the pose image so that a size of the outline shape is coincident with a size of the pose image,

wherein the control unit displays information indicating the superimposition degree to be superimposed on the projected image.

3. The imaging apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the control unit displays the information indicating the superimposition degree and a value of the threshold value to be superimposed on the projected image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2014
From: HAYASHI, DAISUKE; KONDOU, SHIGERU; AOKI, TAKASHI; INOUE, KAZUKI; OSHIMA, HIROYUKI; MISAWA, TAKESHI; MISAWA, ATSUSHI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-056012 · Mar 13, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2012081540 · Dec 5, 2012
Related Publication 20150002633A1 · Jan 1, 2015