Digital camera and composition assist frame selecting method for digital camera
US7274400B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 25, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 11, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/71
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital camera has a plurality of shooting modes such as a day scenic shooting mode, a night scenic shooting mode and a person shooting mode and displays a composition assist frame selected from a plurality of composition assist frames on a liquid crystal monitor to assist composition. If a user sets the person shooting mode by a mode dial, one or more composition assist frames that are suitable for a person shooting are extracted from the plurality of the composition assist frames, and the user selects one of the extracted composition assist frames by a left key and a right key of a cross key. Therefore, the appropriate composition assist frame can be automatically or easily selected.
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