BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
These objects and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent upon reading of the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings in which:
FIGS. 1A and 1B are diagrams showing the outline of a digital camera according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electric configuration of the digital camera;
FIG. 3A is a conceptual diagram showing the structure of scene data;
FIG. 3B is a diagram showing an example of information items which constitute object information and environmental information, and values settable according to the information items;
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of scene data;
FIGS. 5A and 5B are flowcharts illustrating process procedures of a CPU in record mode when a scene select mode is set;
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a scene specifying information acquisition process;
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display area secured on the display screen of a liquid crystal monitor in record mode when the scene select mode is set;
FIGS. 8A and 8B are diagrams of display examples on the display screen of the monitor, FIG. 8A showing a case where sample images are set as selectable images while FIG. 8B shows a case where simulation images are set as selectable images;
FIG. 9 is a diagram of a display example on the display screen of the monitor, showing a case where sample images and simulation images are displayed together as selectable images;
FIG. 10 is a diagram of a display example on the display screen of the monitor, showing a case where three sample images and a simulation image corresponding to a sample image selected by a cursor are displayed together as selectable images; and
FIG. 11 is a diagram of another example of displayed images and the display screen of the monitor, showing a case where six selectable images are displayed and the aspect ratio of each image is 9:16.
Patent Application
20070171282
