Abstract: An apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to output an image signal of a captured image, a display unit configured to display the image signal as an image, a swing detection unit configured to detect a component of acceleration of a swinging operation, an operation detection unit configured to detect the swinging operation, and a control unit to change the image to be displayed on the display unit based on the swinging operation, wherein the operation detection unit is configured, if the acceleration signal reaches a first and a second threshold values, to determine that the apparatus has been swung.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of being downsized and being power-saved, and is capable of following the focal plane and controlling the exposure during the variably-magnifying operation. There is stored information on a position of a focus lens corresponding to a position of a zoom lens, which is dependent on an object distance. The focus lens is moved based on the stored information when the zoom lens is moved. When a moving direction of the zoom lens is switched, the focus lens is stopped, and then the moving direction of the zoom lens is switched. The focus lens is moved based on the stored information after the switching.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus capable of completing photography normally without falling in a low battery (LB) state in the middle of the photography in case of performing the photography with a light emitting device such as an LED emitting light is disclosed. The maximum current value (the maximum light emission amount) of the LED is calculated by the LED maximum current operation unit from the electric power source voltage value obtained by an electric power source control circuit and the data read from a memory. Hereupon, the current operation unit calculates the maximum LED current value at which the electric power source voltage dropping by the light emission of the LED does not become the minimum drive voltage (LB) or less of the image pickup device.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus has an enlargement processing function of displaying an image on an image display unit at a designated enlargement magnification, and a color conversion processing function of changing a designated conversion source color to a conversion destination color. This image processing apparatus determines at least one of the conversion source color and conversion destination color by acquiring color information from a predetermined area in the displayed image. Upon determining one of the conversion source color and conversion destination color, control according to the enlargement magnification of the enlargement processing function is made so as to assure an amount, which is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, of color information included in the predetermined area.

Abstract: The system implements high-accuracy speech recognition while suppressing the amount of data transfer between the client and server. For this purpose, the client compression-encodes speech parameters by a speech processing unit, and sends the compression-encoded speech parameters to the server. The server receives the compression-encoded speech parameters, a speech processing unit makes speech recognition of the compression-encoded speech parameters, and sends information corresponding to the speech recognition result to the client.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus capable of completing photography normally without falling in a low battery (LB) state in the middle of the photography in case of performing the photography with a light emitting device such as an LED emitting light is disclosed. The maximum current value (the maximum light emission amount) of the LED is calculated by the LED maximum current operation unit from the electric power source voltage value obtained by an electric power source control circuit and the data read from a memory. Hereupon, the current operation unit calculates the maximum LED current value at which the electric power source voltage dropping by the light emission of the LED does not become the minimum drive voltage (LB) or less of the image pickup device.

Abstract: The system implements high-accuracy speech recognition while suppressing the amount of data transfer between the client and server. For this purpose, the client compression-encodes speech parameters by a speech processing unit, and sends the compression-encoded speech parameters to the server. The server receives the compression-encoded speech parameters, a speech processing unit makes speech recognition of the compression-encoded speech parameters, and sends information corresponding to the speech recognition result to the client.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to realize high-precision exposure control while maintaining a short time lag until actual exposure processing is executed after an operation input for the start of image sensing processing. To achieve this object, an exposure control value for executing proper exposure control is calculated by an exposure calculation unit upon reception of an image sensing processing preparation start instruction. Exposure is controlled on the basis of the exposure control value calculated by the exposure calculation unit, and an image is sensed. Whether the exposure calculation unit calculates an exposure control value before an image sensing processing start instruction is received upon reception of the image sensing processing preparation start instruction is determined. If no exposure control value is determined to have been calculated, the luminance level of image information of the image is corrected.

Abstract: The system implements high-accuracy speech recognition while suppressing the amount of data transfer between the client and server. For this purpose, the client compression-encodes speech parameters by a speech processing unit, and sends the compression-encoded speech parameters to the server. The server receives the compression-encoded speech parameters, and speech processing unit makes speech recognition of the compression-encoded speech parameters, and sends information corresponding to the speech recognition result to the client.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to limit a correction amount for correcting the exposure error of a photographed image so as to prevent an excessively corrected image sensing result, and obtain a desired image sensing result by changing the correction width of the correction amount in accordance with the setting state and operation state of an image sensing apparatus and the object brightness in image sensing. To achieve this object, an exposure error value is calculated from the exposure level of an image signal and an exposure level obtained by photometry. The correction amount of the exposure error value is calculated on the basis of at least one of the setting state of the image sensing apparatus, the operation state of the image sensing apparatus, and the object brightness state in image sensing. The exposure error of the sensed image is corrected using the correction amount.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to realize high-precision exposure control while maintaining a short time lag until actual exposure processing is executed after an operation input for the start of image sensing processing. To achieve this object, an exposure control value for executing proper exposure control is calculated by an exposure calculation unit upon reception of an image sensing processing preparation start instruction. Exposure is controlled on the basis of the exposure control value calculated by the exposure calculation unit, and an image is sensed. Whether the exposure calculation unit calculates an exposure control value before an image sensing processing start instruction is received upon reception of the image sensing processing preparation start instruction is determined. If no exposure control value is determined to have been calculated, the luminance level of image information of the image is corrected.

Abstract: This invention provides a system that implements high-accuracy speech recognition while suppressing the data transfer amount between the client and server. For this purpose, the client compression-encodes speech parameters by a speech processing unit, and sends the compression-encoded speech parameters to the server. The server receives the compression-encoded speech parameters, a speech processing unit makes speech recognition of the compression-encoded speech parameters, and sends information corresponding to the speech recognition result to the client.