Abstract: An image capturing device includes a first controller operable to control image capturing; an operation section including a switch; a detector operable to detect a change to an image capturing mode and to send a signal representing the change; a second controller operable to monitor and process the sent signal, the second controller having a power consumption less than that of the first controller; and a power supply operable to supply power to the first controller, the second controller, and a functional section of the device. When the second controller receives the signal sent from the detecting section in a power saving state in which power is supplied from the power supply to the second controller, the power saving state is changed to a power supplying state capable of image capturing by supplying power from the power supply to portions of the device including the first controller.

Abstract: A camera includes an imaging unit that generates image data, an inserting-image setting unit that sets an inserting image to be inserted into an image of the image data, a first detecting unit that detects a main subject area in a subject image, a second detecting unit that detects a background area in the subject image based on the main subject area, an inserting-area selecting unit that selects an inserting area into which an inserting image is inserted from the background area, and a magnification determining unit that determines a magnification for enlargement or reduction of the inserting image in accordance with a size of the inserting area and a size of the inserting image, and thereby inserts an inserting image of an appropriate size.

Abstract: A method of operating an image reader comprising the steps of: converting light reflected from a target into image data utilizing an image sensor; storing the image data in a display buffer; displaying the image on a display; annotating the displayed image by the operator while the image data is stored in the display buffer, thereby altering the image data in the display buffer; and, transmitting the altered image data from the display buffer; wherein the image sensor, display and display buffer are disposed in a common housing for hand held operation.

Abstract: A system and method for identifying and separating handwritten text from machine printed text in a document having a combination of handwritten text and machine printed text. In one embodiment, the present invention is installed as an intelligent printing control interface in a conventional computer and allows any document generated by any application to be selectively processed to remove any handwritten text prior to printing of the document, under the control of the user. In an alternative embodiment, the present invention is installed as an intelligent printing control interface in a conventional digital copy machine, which allows any document being copied to be selectively processed to remove any handwritten text prior to printing of the document, under the control of the user. The present invention employs a handwriting separation method which uses Hidden Markov Models to identify regions as either handwritten text or machine printed text.

Abstract: The present invention provides a masking material and a photo-film unit which exhibit writability for any of the presently used writing materials including a ballpoint pen, an oily pen, an aqueous pen, a fountain pen and a pencil, are water-resistant, are free from blocking, and permit complete erasion of pencil writing with a rubber. A writability imparting layer comprising vinylpyrrolidone-vinyl acetate copolymer, an acrylic resin having a hydrophilic group, and powder is provided on a support film of a photo-film unit or a masking material.

Abstract: An order apparatus for print which does not require an index print, allows required printing order of frames to be designated and allows watching a replayed picture of the film. When a developed still film is set, plural frame pictures of the film are read out and stored in a picture memory to output picture signal showing plural frame pictures to a picture display apparatus to thereby display plural frame pictures. Accordingly, when designating the frames to be printed on the display apparatus by means of a touch pen and also designating the number of prints of the designated frame, the order information regarding print will be recorded in a record medium. The order information may be recorded on a modifiable recording medium on the developed film. The order apparatus for printing may include a card reader for reading order information including the number of prints per frame number written on an order card by a user.

Abstract: A camera has a user-operable input device, e.g., a writing pad, attached to its body. A user inputs information to be superimposed on a photographic negative onto the user-operable input device. A processor is connected to the user-operable input device. A display is also attached to the camera body and is connected to the processor. The processor transmits the information entered onto the user-operable input device to the display. When the negative is exposed, the display information is superimposed with the image of the subject being photographed. Thus, a user may enter a caption describing the subject directly onto the photograph.

Abstract: The present invention provides a graphical data entry system for accepting and processing hand sketches and writings such that the user can quickly specify graphical objects in a drawing on a hand-held, mobile computer with a relatively compact screen. A viewing glass is provided by the graphical data entry system which enables the user to pan and zoom into a specific display region of the drawing. An object classification and recognition capability is provided to allow the present invention to recognize objects being sketched by the user and to convert the hand sketches into computer aided design (CAD)-like drawings. Further, the present invention integrates speech recognition and keyboard data entry to provide a user friendly computer system. Additionally, the graphical data entry system of the present invention can be used in conjunction with a camera to annotate pictures taken with the camera.

Abstract: In a camera having a writable display, such camera being adapted to receive information written on the display and record such information in a memory storage inserted into the camera the writable display, including first and second layers which are brought into contact by the application of pressure by a stylist for writing on the display, a material composition disposed between the first and second layers which changes its visual characteristics when pressure is applied by the stylist on the first layer which applies pressure to the material composition, and the second layer including a material which when brought into contact with the first layer changes an electrical parameter; a plurality of electrodes associated with the display. Applying electrical potential to such electrodes for producing electrical signals representative of particular positions on written second layer of the display and circuitry for digitizing such signals and for recording digitized information onto the memory storage.

Abstract: A stylus based annotation system for cameras comprising a touch screen display on the camera for implementing stylus input, a first memory for storage of image annotation data, a second memory for storage of annotation data that is repeated between multiple images, a recording device for placement of annotation data on images and stylus sensor to detect removal and replacement of the stylus to effect a mode change

Abstract: A filmstrip which has a substantially transparent magnetic layer is loaded into a camera. Successive sections of the filmstrip are moved inside the camera to locate corresponding sections of the magnetic layer adjacent an inside face of a magnetic-film-write-on portion of the camera. A hand held stylus is manually moved on an outside face of the magnetic-film-write-on portion, opposite the inside face, to record hand-generated information magnetically on the magnetic layer.

Abstract: A photographic camera, including an electrically responsive camera feature, includes an electrical circuit in communication with the camera feature, the electrical circuit being actuable to operate the feature. A pressure/force sensor having electrical resistance variable in response to pressure application is disposed in the camera electrical circuit such that the application of pressure on the force sensor controls the operation of the feature.

Abstract: A camera having an annotation system comprising an optical imaging system for exposing photosensitive media to a scene, a digital imaging system for producing a digital image of the scene, a display for displaying the digital image, a touch sensitive user input layer overlaying the display for inputting annotation data, and a data recorder for recording the annotation data on the photosensitive media.