Television – Camera – system and detail – Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-03
2001-04-24
Garber, Wendy R. (Department: 2712)
Television
Camera, system and detail
Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
C348S375000, C396S500000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06222584
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to digital cameras, and more particularly to such a digital camera, which is capable of automatically rotating image storage data subject to image capture angle.
A variety of digital cameras have been developed, and have appeared on the market. These digital cameras are sold with an attached software package, so that the consumer can watch captured images through a personal computer or TV set, or edit the images in a personal computer. A regular digital camera
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, as shown in
FIG. 3
, is generally comprised of an optical module
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, an image processing module
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, a storage module
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, and an input/output port
34
. The optical module
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is comprised of at least one lens. The image processing module
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controls the operation of the optical module
31
to adjust exposure, focusing, field depth when the digital camera picks up an image, processes captured image into an array of pixels subject to a predetermined format, and stores the array of pixels in the storage module
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or sends the array of pixels to an external display (for example, a computer or TV set)
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or storage means (for example, a hard disk drive)
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through the input/output port
34
. The use of a digital camera saves much cost in photo developing and photo storage arrangement. However, the picture frame of a digital image is stored in the position corresponding to the angular position of the digital camera when capturing the image. For example, if the user A holds the digital camera B horizontally when capturing an image as shown in
FIG. 1
, the object C in the picture frame
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is presented at the normal vertical status. If the user A holds the digital camera B vertically when capturing up an image as shown in
FIG. 2
, the object C in the picture frame
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is presented at a horizontal status. It is uncomfortable to watch a picture in which the object is not presented at the normal vertical status. When editing pictures in a personal computer, an erroneous visual judgment may occur, and the editing efficiency and effect will be affected.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is the main object of the present invention to provide a method of automatically rotating image storage data subject to image capture angle, so that the object in each picture is presented in the natural normal position comfortable for watching. It is another object of the present invention to provide a digital camera, which is capable of automatically rotating image storage data subject to image capture angle. According to one aspect of the present invention, angle detecting sensor means is installed in the digital camera detecting to detect the angle of the digital camera when capturing an image, enabling the image processing module of the digital camera to rotate the picture frame of the captured image to a predetermined image storage format. According to another aspect of the present invention , the picture frame of the captured image can be rotated through 90°, 180° or 270° angle subject to the angle of rotation of the digital camera.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5710572 (1998-01-01), Nihei
Bacon & Thomas PLLC
Garber Wendy R.
Inventec C'orporation
Tillery Rashawn N.
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