Abstract: An electronic camera comprises an image processing unit that performs image quality adjustment using a plurality of adjustment parameters, an information acquisition unit that acquires from an external device first image quality adjustment information including a parameter group for use with the image quality adjustment and an image quality adjustment algorithm that applies the parameter group, and a control unit that controls the image processing unit so that it performs image quality adjustment while applying the parameter group included in the first image quality adjustment information that has been acquired to the image quality adjustment algorithm included in the first image quality adjustment information that has been acquired.

Abstract: An electronic camera comprises an image processing unit that performs image quality adjustment using a plurality of adjustment parameters, an information acquisition unit that acquires from an external device first image quality adjustment information including a parameter group for use with the image quality adjustment and an image quality adjustment algorithm that applies the parameter group, and a control unit that controls the image processing unit so that it performs image quality adjustment while applying the parameter group included in the first image quality adjustment information that has been acquired to the image quality adjustment algorithm included in the first image quality adjustment information that has been acquired.

Abstract: A storage control device includes: a memory where a data file is temporarily stored; a read-out unit that sequentially reads out divided data segments of the data file; a storage medium that includes data storage areas having small areas and data management areas each corresponding to the small area, so as to store each of the data segments into small areas and store at least one of first link information and second link information into the data management areas; a first instruction unit that issues an instruction for procuring consecutive data management areas corresponding to a data size of data segments; a second instruction unit that issues an instruction for writing the first link information into the data management areas excluding a trailing-end data management area; and a third instruction unit that issues an instruction for sequentially writing the data segment into the data storage areas.

Abstract: A storage control device includes: a memory where a data file is temporarily stored; a read-out unit that sequentially reads out divided data segments of the data file; a storage medium that includes data storage areas having small areas and data management areas each corresponding to the small area, so as to store each of the data segments into small areas and store at least one of first link information and second link information into the data management areas; a first instruction unit that issues an instruction for procuring consecutive data management areas corresponding to a data size of data segments; a second instruction unit that issues an instruction for writing the first link information into the data management areas excluding a trailing-end data management area; and a third instruction unit that issues an instruction for sequentially writing the data segment into the data storage areas.

Abstract: The storage control device includes: a control unit that stores a data file that includes main data and file information in a write-once type storage medium having a data information area containing a plurality of clusters having a predetermined size; an acquisition unit that acquire size information of the clusters from the storage medium; a calculation unit that calculates a number of clusters required for storing file information corresponding to each data file in data storing area using the number of data files to be stored in the storage medium, the size of file information, and the size information of the clusters; and a setting unit that sets a data information area corresponding to the number of clusters calculated by the calculation unit as a storage area for file information.

Abstract: An electronic camera includes: an imaging device that captures a subject image and outputs image signals; an image synthesizing device that performs image synthesis to generate a single image by using a plurality of sets of image signals obtained on different imaging conditions by the imaging device; and a control device that determines whether or not to perform the image synthesis with the image synthesizing device based on a predetermined determination condition, and, when it is determined to perform the image synthesis, controls the image synthesizing device so as to perform the image synthesis.

Abstract: An electronic camera comprises an image processing unit that performs image quality adjustment using a plurality of adjustment parameters, an information acquisition unit that acquires from an external device first image quality adjustment information including a parameter group for use with the image quality adjustment and an image quality adjustment algorithm that applies the parameter group, and a control unit that controls the image processing unit so that it performs image quality adjustment while applying the parameter group included in the first image quality adjustment information that has been acquired to the image quality adjustment algorithm included in the first image quality adjustment information that has been acquired.

Abstract: This camera includes a display device that displays a photographic condition, and a detection unit that detects a problem related to photography of which a photographer should be warned. When some problem is detected by the detection means, notification thereof is provided via a specification display (a simple warning message) for notifying of the detected problem, for example by blinking an in-viewfinder help mark; and when a specified actuation (for example the depression of a help button) is performed while this specification display is being provided, a warning message (a detailed warning message) that describes in text the details of the problem that has been detected is displayed upon the display device (for example, a liquid crystal monitor).

Abstract: A camera system including a camera having an image displaying unit that displays various images and an external flash device that is connected to the camera when in use. To the camera is connectable either a first external flash device whose light emission amount is settable according to an operation input to the first external flash device by a user or a second external flash device whose light emission amount is settable based on information on a light emission amount transmitted from the camera as the external flash device. The camera displays an image having a different content on the image display unit between when the first external flash device is connected thereto and when the second external flash device is connected thereto.

Abstract: The storage control device includes: a control unit that stores a data file that includes main data and file information in a write-once type storage medium having a data information area containing a plurality of clusters having a predetermined size; an acquisition unit that acquire size information of the clusters from the storage medium; a calculation unit that calculates a number of clusters required for storing file information corresponding to each data file in data storing area using the number of data files to be stored in the storage medium, the size of file information, and the size information of the clusters; and a setting unit that sets a data information area corresponding to the number of clusters calculated by the calculation unit as a storage area for file information.

Abstract: A storage control device includes: a memory where a data file is temporarily stored; a read-out unit that sequentially reads out divided data segments of the data file; a storage medium that includes data storage areas having small areas and data management areas each corresponding to the small area, so as to store each of the data segments into small areas and store at least one of first link information and second link information into the data management areas; a first instruction unit that issues an instruction for procuring consecutive data management areas corresponding to a data size of data segments; a second instruction unit that issues an instruction for writing the first link information into the data management areas excluding a trailing-end data management area; and a third instruction unit that issues an instruction for sequentially writing the data segment into the data storage areas.

Abstract: An electronic camera comprises an image processing unit that performs image quality adjustment using a plurality of adjustment parameters, an information acquisition unit that acquires from an external device first image quality adjustment information including a parameter group for use with the image quality adjustment and an image quality adjustment algorithm that applies the parameter group, and a control unit that controls the image processing unit so that it performs image quality adjustment while applying the parameter group included in the first image quality adjustment information that has been acquired to the image quality adjustment algorithm included in the first image quality adjustment information that has been acquired.

Abstract: An electronic camera includes: an imaging device that captures a subject image and outputs image signals; an image synthesizing device that performs image synthesis to generate a single image by using a plurality of sets of image signals obtained on different imaging conditions by the imaging device; and a control device that determines whether or not to perform the image synthesis with the image synthesizing device based on a predetermined determination condition, and, when it is determined to perform the image synthesis, controls the image synthesizing device so as to perform the image synthesis.

Abstract: A camera system including a camera having an image displaying unit that displays various images and an external flash device that is connected to the camera when in use. To the camera is connectable either a first external flash device whose light emission amount is settable according to an operation input to the first external flash device by a user or a second external flash device whose light emission amount is settable based on information on a light emission amount transmitted from the camera as the external flash device. The camera displays an image having a different content on the image display unit between when the first external flash device is connected thereto and when the second external flash device is connected thereto.

Abstract: This camera includes a display device that displays a photographic condition, and a detection unit that detects a problem related to photography of which a photographer should be warned. When some problem is detected by the detection means, notification thereof is provided via a specification display (a simple warning message) for notifying of the detected problem, for example by blinking an in-viewfinder help mark; and when a specified actuation (for example the depression of a help button) is performed while this specification display is being provided, a warning message (a detailed warning message) that describes in text the details of the problem that has been detected is displayed upon the display device (for example, a liquid crystal monitor).

Abstract: A first convex portion and a second convex portion are formed on a semiconductor substrate at a prescribed interval, an impurity diffusing region is formed on an upper portion of the semiconductor substrate placed between the first and second convex portions, and a thinned first polysilicon film is formed on the impurity diffusing region and the first and second convex portions. Thereafter, arsenic ions are implanted into the first polysilicon film to make the first polysilicon film conductive. Thereafter, a second polysilicon film having a film thickness larger than that of the first polysilicon film is formed, and phosphorus ions are implanted into the second polysilicon film to make the second polysilicon film conductive. Thereafter, a tungsten silicide film is formed on the second polysilicon film, and the tungsten silicide film and the first and second polysilicon films are patterned.

Abstract: A first convex portion and a second convex portion are formed on a semiconductor substrate at a prescribed interval, an impurity diffusing region is formed on an upper portion of the semiconductor substrate placed between the first and second convex portions, and a thinned first polysilicon film is formed on the impurity diffusing region and the first and second convex portions. Thereafter, arsenic ions are implanted into the first polysilicon film to make the first polysilicon film conductive. Thereafter, a second polysilicon film having a film thickness larger than that of the first polysilicon film is formed, and phosphorus ions are implanted into the second polysilicon film to make the second polysilicon film conductive. Thereafter, a tungsten silicide film is formed on the second polysilicon film, and the tungsten silicide film and the first and second polysilicon films are patterned.

Abstract: An input analog data is applied to a plurality of neuron units in a time division manner. The analog input data is multiplied by digital weight data which can be changed in accordance with the data of the interconnection between units. The products of the time division analog input data and the digital weight data are added in an integrator. While the present sum of the products is output, the previous sum of the products is output simultaneously with the present data, thereby providing outputs in a pipe-line manner. When the output of the first neuron is produced, the second neuron in the same layer produces an output such that the output of the first layer is produced on the output analog bus in a time division manner. This analog neuron unit constitutes an intermediate layer and an output layer. One layer of neuron units can be repeatedly used by feeding back the output of one layer to the input of another layer, then the neuron system operates as a layered structure.

Abstract: An error absorbing system for absorbing errors through a weight correction is provided in a neuron computer for receiving an analog input signal through a first analog bus in a time divisional manner, performing a sum-of-the-products operation, and outputting an analog output signal to a second analog bus. The error absorbing system includes a dummy node for producing a fixed voltage to an analog bus in a test mode. The dummy node is connected to the analog bus of the neural network. An error measuring unit compulsorily inputs 0 volts to the first analog bus through the dummy node in a first state of a test mode and detects an offset voltage produced in an analog neuron processor through the second analog bus. A weight correcting unit, in a second state of the test mode, determines a temporary weight between the dummy node and the neuron processor. The temporary weight is multiplied by the fixed voltage produced by the dummy node, based on an offset voltage of respective neuron processors.

Abstract: A learning system in a neuron computer includes a neural network for receiving an analog signal from a first analog bus through an analog input port in a time divisional manner and performing a sum-of-the-products operation, and outputting an analog output signal to a second analog bus. A control pattern memory stores a pattern of a signal for controlling the neural network. A sequencer produces an address of the control pattern memory and a weight memory. The weight memory stores weight data of the neural network. A digital control unit controls the neural network, control pattern memory, sequencer, and weight memory, and executes a learning algorithm. The learning system further includes an input control unit provided on the input side of the neural network for selecting an input signal for executing the learning algorithm input from the digital control unit or an analog input signal input from the analog input port.