JP2006238082A5

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Publication number: JP2006238082A5
Application number: JP2005050082A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2005-02-25
Publication date: 2008-03-21
Anticipated expiration: 2025-02-25

Claims

Imaging means for imaging at a predetermined angle of view;
Identification means for identifying distances and viewing angles for a plurality of subjects existing within the predetermined angle of view based on imaging information obtained by imaging at a first position by the imaging means;
When the plurality of subjects are viewed from a second position different from the first position, an image showing the positional relationship between the plurality of subjects is identified by the distance and viewing angle specified by the specifying means, and the first Generating means for generating based on the relationship between the position of the second position and the second position;
Digital camera comprising the.

Designating means for allowing a user to designate an arbitrary position as the second position;
2. The digital apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying an image generated by the generating means on a monitor screen corresponding to the second position specified by the specifying means. camera.

The display means, based on the image generated by the generation means, moves the position where the imaging means performs imaging from the first position to the second position in the horizontal direction. The digital camera according to claim 2 , wherein an image showing a change in mutual position is displayed on a monitor screen .

The display unit synthesizes an image obtained by imaging at the first position by the imaging unit and an image generated by the generation unit corresponding to the second position on the monitor screen. 4. The digital camera according to claim 3 , wherein the digital camera is displayed .

The display means displays images sequentially captured by the imaging means while sequentially updating them on the monitor screen, and displays the images generated by the generation means as semi-transparent images on the monitor screen. The digital camera according to claim 4, wherein the digital camera is characterized.

The generating unit cuts out a partial image corresponding to each of the plurality of subjects from an image obtained by imaging at the first position by the imaging unit, and extracts the cut out partial images from the first position. 2. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the image is generated by rearranging and synthesizing at a position of each subject when the plurality of subjects are viewed from two positions .

2. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the generation unit generates an image indicating a planar position of the plurality of subjects when the plurality of subjects are viewed from an upper direction that is the second position.

The digital camera according to claim 7, wherein the generation unit generates an image indicating a relationship between positions of the plurality of subjects and the first position.

The generation unit generates, as a first image, an image indicating a relationship between the positions of the plurality of subjects and the first position when the plurality of subjects are viewed from above, which is a third position. Generating an image indicating a positional relationship of the plurality of subjects when the plurality of subjects are viewed from the second position as a second image;
Displaying the first image generated by the generating means on a monitor screen, specifying the second position in response to a user's instruction operation on the monitor screen on which the first image is displayed; 2. The digital camera according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit that causes the generation unit to generate the second image in correspondence with the specified second position.

The generation unit displays the second image generated by the generation unit on a monitor screen in response to a user's instruction operation on the monitor screen on which the first image is displayed. The digital camera according to claim 9.

A control method of a digital camera provided with an imaging means for imaging at a predetermined angle of view,
A specifying step of specifying distances and viewing angles with respect to a plurality of subjects existing within the predetermined angle of view based on imaging information obtained by imaging at the first position by the imaging means;
An image showing the positional relationship of the plurality of subjects when the plurality of subjects are viewed from a second position different from the first position, and the distance and viewing angle specified by the specifying step, and the first Generating based on the relationship between the position and the second position;
A method for controlling a digital camera, comprising:

The computer that the digital camera has,
Imaging means for imaging at a predetermined angle of view;
Identification means for identifying distances and viewing angles for a plurality of subjects existing within the predetermined angle of view based on imaging information obtained by imaging at a first position by the imaging means;
When the plurality of subjects are viewed from a second position different from the first position, an image showing the positional relationship between the plurality of subjects is identified by the distance and viewing angle specified by the specifying means, and the first Generating means for generating based on the relationship between the position of the second position and the second position;
A program characterized by making it function.

Imaging means for imaging a subject;
Based on the imaging information obtained by imaging the plurality of subjects at the first position by the imaging means, the positional relationship of the plurality of subjects when the plurality of subjects are viewed from above, which is the second position. First display means for displaying on the monitor screen a first image indicating
A third position different from both the first position and the second position is specified according to a user's instruction operation on the monitor screen on which the first image is displayed by the first display means. Specific means,
Second display means for displaying, on a monitor screen, a second image indicating the positional relationship of the plurality of subjects when the plurality of subjects are viewed from the third position specified by the specifying means;
A digital camera characterized by comprising