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Granted Patent B2
US 11,412,173 · App. 16/332,661 · Granted Aug 9, 2022

Image processing device and image processing method

Inventors: Daisuke Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Katagiri (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04N5/783G09G5/005H04N5/775H04N9/7925G09G2320/0261G09G2340/0435
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Patent No.
US 11,412,173
App. No.
16/332,661
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program, which make it possible to perform continuous-shooting photography at a desired speed. A control section performs control for switching over a drive frequency of a display panel in response to a photographing cycle of an image. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an electronic device that includes a continuous-shooting photography function, such as a digital still camera, a digital video camera, and a smart phone.

Claims (27)

1. An image processing device, comprising:

first circuitry configured to switch over a drive frequency of a display panel based on a correspondence table between a photographing cycle of an image and a display cycle of the display panel.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first circuitry is further configured to switch over the drive frequency of the display panel based on the photographing cycle of the image which is a multiple of a current display cycle of the display panel.

3. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the photographing cycle of the image is a cycle at a time of execution of continuous-shooting photography of a still image.

4. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first circuitry is further configured to switch over 60 Hz of an NTSC system and 50 Hz of a PAL system as the drive frequency of the display panel.

5. The image processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

second circuitry configured to photograph a still image; and

the display panel,

wherein, based on a display of the still image on the display panel, the first circuitry is further configured to stop the switch over of the drive frequency of the display panel.

6. The image processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a memory configured to memorize the photographing cycle of the image as operation setting information,

wherein the first circuitry is further configured to switch over the drive frequency of the display panel based on the photographing cycle of the image memorized as the operation setting information.

7. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first circuitry is further configured to:

control receipt of a setting operation for the photographing cycle of the image by a user; and

switch over the drive frequency of the display panel based on the photographing cycle of the image set by the user.

8. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first circuitry is further configured to switch over the drive frequency of the display panel based on photographing of a plurality of images with the photographing cycle.

9. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein when an operation mode is changed from a reproduction mode to a photography mode, the first circuitry is further configured to switch over the drive frequency of the display panel based on the photographing cycle of the image.

10. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein based on change of a mode from a photography mode to a reproduction mode and based on a still image as reproduction content, the first circuitry is further configured to stop the switch over of the drive frequency of the display panel.

11. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein based on a connection of an external display device, the first circuitry is further configured to switch over the drive frequency of the display panel based on a drive system of the external display device.

12. An image processing method, comprising:

switching over, by an image processing device, a drive frequency of a display panel based on a correspondence table between a photographing cycle of an image and a display cycle of the display panel.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:

switching over a drive frequency of a display panel based on a correspondence table between a photographing cycle of an image and a display cycle of the display panel.

14. An image processing device, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

switch over a drive frequency of a display panel based on a photographing cycle of an image; and

based on a connection of an external display device with the image processing device, switch over the drive frequency of the display panel based on a drive system of the connected external display device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2019
From: YAMAMOTO, DAISUKE; KATAGIRI, TAKAHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048576/0045 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-224019 · Nov 17, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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