Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus which is able to be operated by communication from a higher-level device includes a printing head that ejects ink, a communication unit which is able to perform communicating with the higher-level device, a program storage unit that stores a program, and a printing control unit that controls the printing head, and the program storage unit includes a communication program storage area in which a program corresponding to a predetermined communication protocol is stored in advance, and the program storage unit includes an extension area in which a program corresponding to a communication protocol different from the predetermined communication protocol is installable.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a camera (imaging unit), a sensor, a display (display unit), and a controller. The controller measures, on the basis of a captured image captured by the camera, size information related to at least a portion of a particular subject included in the captured image and causes an overlay image to be displayed on the display. The overlay image is yielded by overlaying both the size information and sensor information based on a detection result of the sensor on the captured image.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus which is able to be operated by communication from a higher-level device includes a printing head that ejects ink, a communication unit which is able to perform communicating with the higher-level device, a program storage unit that stores a program, and a printing control unit that controls the printing head, and the program storage unit includes a communication program storage area in which a program corresponding to a predetermined communication protocol is stored in advance, and the program storage unit includes an extension area in which a program corresponding to a communication protocol different from the predetermined communication protocol is installable.

Abstract: Provided is an inkjet recording device control method including: a printing object detection step of detecting a printing object; a charge control signal transmission step of transmitting signals for controlling charges of a plurality of nozzles at a timing when the printing object is detected in the printing object detection step and signals are received from all of a plurality of processing units; and a printing step of controlling the plurality of nozzles and performing printing on the basis of the signals for controlling the charges that have been transmitted in the charge signal transmission step.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a camera (imaging unit), a sensor, a display (display unit), and a controller. The controller measures, on the basis of a captured image captured by the camera, size information related to at least a portion of a particular subject included in the captured image and causes an overlay image to be displayed on the display. The overlay image is yielded by overlaying both the size information and sensor information based on a detection result of the sensor on the captured image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S1, when a still-image-with-moving-image photographing mode is set, moving image temporary storage is started. When a shutter is depressed in step S2, in step S3, a photographed still image is recorded and one moving image is generated from the moving image before the still image stored in step S1, a moving image obtained by converting the photographed still image, and a moving image photographed after the depression of the shutter and the one moving image generated is recorded. Therefore, the moving images before and after the still image are recorded together with a high-definition still image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S1, when a still-image-with-moving-image photographing mode is set, moving image temporary storage is started. When a shutter is depressed in step S2, in step S3, a photographed still image is recorded and one moving image is generated from the moving image before the still image stored in step S1, a moving image obtained by converting the photographed still image, and a moving image photographed after the depression of the shutter and the one moving image generated is recorded. Therefore, the moving images before and after the still image are recorded together with a high-definition still image.

Abstract: The present invention provides a highly flexible shooting environment by letting the user shoot any subject he or she likes. The image capture device of this invention includes: an image capturing section, which receives light coming from a subject and generates a signal representing an image of the subject; a first detecting section for detecting a feature in the image by a first predetermined method; a second detecting section for detecting a feature in the image by a second method, which is different from the first method; an interface section for accepting an operation specifying a position on the image; and a controller for determining, according to a relationship between a location of the feature detected by the first detecting section and the position specified for the interface section at a point in time when the interface section accepts the operation, which of the first and second detecting sections should be used to detect a feature in a forthcoming image to be generated from that point in time on.

Abstract: A stereoscopic shooting device includes: a first and second shooting sections that obtain a first and second images, respectively; and an angle of view matching section. The angle of view matching section performs: calculating a vertical image area of the second image that has the same vertical direction range as the first image by comparing ratios of the vertical coordinates of respective representative points in image blocks selected from the first and second images, respectively; adjusting the number of horizontal lines included in the vertical image area of the second image and the number of horizontal lines included in the first image; outputting a first and second horizontal line signals representing the horizontal lines included in the first image and the vertical image area of the second image, respectively; and carrying out stereo matching by comparing the first and second horizontal line signals to each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S1, when a still-image-with-moving-image photographing mode is set, moving image temporary storage is started. When a shutter is depressed in step S2, in step S3, a photographed still image is recorded and one moving image is generated from the moving image before the still image stored in step S1, a moving image obtained by converting the photographed still image, and a moving image photographed after the depression of the shutter and the one moving image generated is recorded. Therefore, the moving images before and after the still image are recorded together with a high-definition still image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S1, when a still-image-with-moving-image photographing mode is set, moving image temporary storage is started. When a shutter is depressed in step S2, in step S3, a photographed still image is recorded and one moving image is generated from the moving image before the still image stored in step S1, a moving image obtained by converting the photographed still image, and a moving image photographed after the depression of the shutter and the one moving image generated is recorded. Therefore, the moving images before and after the still image are recorded together with a high-definition still image.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit operable to capture a subject to generate an image, a subject detector operable to detect the subject from the generated image, a display unit operable to display the generated image and a mark indicating the subject detected by the subject detector, an operation unit operable to receive an operation for setting an operating mode to a subject selecting mode in which any position on a screen of the display unit can be selected, and a controller operable to control the display unit to cause the mark to disappear, when the operation unit receives the operation for changing the operating mode into the subject selecting mode in a state that the mark is displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a highly flexible shooting environment by letting the user shoot any subject he or she likes. The image capture device of this invention includes: an image capturing section, which receives light coming from a subject and generates a signal representing an image of the subject; a first detecting section for detecting a feature in the image by a first predetermined method; a second detecting section for detecting a feature in the image by a second method, which is different from the first method; an interface section for accepting an operation specifying a position on the image; and a controller for determining, according to a relationship between a location of the feature detected by the first detecting section and the position specified for the interface section at a point in time when the interface section accepts the operation, which of the first and second detecting sections should be used to detect a feature in a forthcoming image to be generated from that point in time on.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit operable to capture a subject to generate an image, a subject detector operable to detect the subject from the generated image, a display unit operable to display the generated image and a mark indicating the subject detected by the subject detector, an operation unit operable to receive an operation for setting an operating mode to a subject selecting mode in which any position on a screen of the display unit can be selected, and a controller operable to control the display unit to cause the mark to disappear, when the operation unit receives the operation for changing the operating mode into the subject selecting mode in a state that the mark is displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S1, when a still-image-with-moving-image photographing mode is set, moving image temporary storage is started. When a shutter is depressed in step S2, in step S3, a photographed still image is recorded and one moving image is generated from the moving image before the still image stored in step S1, a moving image obtained by converting the photographed still image, and a moving image photographed after the depression of the shutter and the one moving image generated is recorded. Therefore, the moving images before and after the still image are recorded together with a high-definition still image.

Abstract: An image pickup device includes a horizontal inversion section 6 for horizontally inverting at least a third one of first to third pixels signals to be outputted from individual CCD units 2a to 2c corresponding to R, G, and B, and a CCD actuation control section 9 capable of controlling the first to third CCD units 2a to 2c so that pixels, 2n+1 (n=0, 1, 2, . . . ) in each set, in a horizontal direction are subjected to the pixels addition set by set. The CCD actuation control section 9 performs control such that the second pixel signal is subjected to the pixel addition at timings delayed by n pixels with respect to timings for the first pixel signal, and the third pixel signal is subjected to the pixel addition at timings delayed by n pixels with respect to the timings for the second pixel signal. With this image pickup device, a high-sensitivity image can be obtained with the resolution impairment being suppressed.