Digital camera

Abstract

The object of the present invention is to provide a digital camera capable of deciding display form of the multi-display optimally suited an external monitor on the basis of detecting pixel information of the external monitor connected to the digital camera. In one aspect of the present invention, a digital camera includes a memory that stores a plurality of image frames, a display that shows an image frame, an output means that outputs image data to an electric instrument, a multi-display forming means that shows simultaneously a plurality of image frames stored in the memory, an image selection means that selects a given image frame among the plurality of image frames of the multi-display shown on the display, and a controller that controls such that when the multi-display is shown on the display, only the given image data selected by the image selection means is output from the output means.

1 . A digital camera comprising: 
 a memory that stores a plurality of image frames;    a display that shows an image frame;    an output means that outputs image data to an electric instrument;    a multi-display forming means that shows simultaneously a plurality of image frames stored in the memory;    an image selection means that selects a given image frame among the plurality of image frames of the multi-display shown on the display; and    a controller that controls such that when the multi-display is shown on the display, only the given image data selected by the image selection means is output from the output means.    
     
     
         2 . The digital camera according to  claim 1  further comprising: 
 a measuring means that measures a lapsed time after the image selection means selects the given image frame; and    a detecting means that detects that the measured time measured by the measuring means passes a given time;    wherein the control means controls such that when the detecting means detects that the lapsed time after the image selection means selects the given image frame has passed the given time, the image data of the given image frame selected by the image selection means is output from the output means.    
     
     
         3 . The digital camera according to  claim 1  further comprising: 
 a measuring means that measures a lapsed time after the image selection means selects the given image frame; and    a detecting means that detects that the measured time measured by the measuring means passes a given time;    wherein the control means controls such that the control means continues outputting the image data of the image frame shown on the display until the detecting means detects that the lapsed time has passed the given time.    
     
     
         4 . The digital camera according to  claim 1 , wherein the output means outputs the image data to the electric instrument through a network.  
     
     
         5 . The digital camera according to  claim 1 , wherein the image data is the whole image data of the image frames stored in the memory.  
     
     
         6 . The digital camera according to  claim 1 , wherein the image data is the image data stored in the memory after thinned out with a given ratio.  
     
     
         7 . A digital cam era comprising: 
 a memory that stores a plurality of image frames;    a display that shows an image frame;    an output means that outputs image data to an electric instrument;    a multi-display forming means that shows simultaneously a plurality of image frames stored in the memory;    an image selection means that selects a given image frame among the plurality of image frames of the multi-display shown on the display;    a controller that controls the output means to output an image data of the given image frame selected by the image selection means; and    an output selection means that selects either the image data of the given image frame selected by the image selection means or the image data of the multi-display to output from the output means upon showing the multi-display on the display.    
     
     
         8 . A digital camera comprising: 
 a memory that stores image frames;    a display that shows an image frame;    an output means that outputs image data to an electric instrument;    a selection means that selects a given image frame among the image frames stored in the memory;    a measuring means that measures a lapsed time after the selection means selects the given image frame;    a detecting means that detects that the measured time measured by the measuring means passes a given time; and    a control means that controls such that when the detecting means detects that the lapsed time after the selection means selects the given image frame has passed the given time, the image data of the given image frame selected by the selection means is output from the output means.    
     
     
         9 . A digital camera comprising: 
 a memory that stores image frames;    a display that shows an image frame;    an output means that outputs image data to an electric instrument;    a selection means that selects a given image frame among the image frames stored in the memory;    a measuring means that measures a lapsed time after the selection means selects the given image frame;    a detecting means that detects that the measured time measured by the measuring means passes a given time; and    a control means that controls such that the output means continues outputting the image data of the image frame shown on the display until the detecting means detects that the lapsed time has passed the given time.    
     
     
         10 . A digital camera comprising: 
 a first display that shows an image data;    an interface that communicates data with a display means having a second display that shows an image data;    a discrimination means that discriminates horizontal and vertical pixel information of the second display connected through the interface; and    a setting means that sets the number of reduced image frames such that in a multi-display showing a plurality of image frames on the same image screen at a time, the number of the plurality of image frames is set to a given number of image data for the first display and is set to the number of reduced image frames based on the discrimination result of the discrimination means for the second display.    
     
     
         11 . The digital camera according to  claim 10 , further comprising an output means that outputs from the interface the multi-display of the number of the image data selected either that of the given number set by the setting means or that based on the discrimination result of the discrimination means.  
     
     
         12 . The digital camera according to  claim 10 , further comprising a instruction means that instructs the first display to show the multi-display having the same number of image data as the multi-display shown on the second display set by the setting means.  
     
     
         13 . The digital camera according to  claim 12 , wherein the number of the image data of the multi-display shown on the second display is different from the given number of the image data.  
     
     
         14 . The digital camera according to  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 an output means that outputs output data of the multi-display shown on the second display from the interface; and    an off instruction means that instructs the first display to be off when the output means outputs output data.    
     
     
         15 . The digital camera according to  claim 10 , wherein the interface communicates data with the display means through the network.  
     
     
         16 . A digital camera comprising: 
 a first display that shows an image data;    an interface that communicates data with a display means having a second display that shows an image data;    a discrimination means that discriminates horizontal and vertical pixel information of the second display connected through the interface; and    a setting means that sets an arrangement of reduced image frames such that in a multi-display showing a plurality of image frames on the same image screen at a time, an arrangement of the plurality of image frames is set to a given arrangement of image data for the first display and is set to the arrangement of reduced image frames based on the discrimination result of the discrimination means for the second display.    
     
     
         17 . The digital camera according to  claim 16 , further comprising an output means that outputs from the interface the multi-display of the arrangement of the image data selected either that of the given arrangement set by the setting means or that based on the discrimination result of the discrimination means.  
     
     
         18 . The digital camera according to  claim 16 , further comprising a instruction means that instructs the first display to show the multi-display having the same arrangement of image data as the multi-display shown on the second display set by the setting means.  
     
     
         19 . The digital camera according to  claim 18 , wherein the arrangement of the image data of the multi-display shown on the second display is different from the given arrangement of the image data.  
     
     
         20 . The digital camera according to  claim 16 , further comprising: 
 an output means that outputs output data of the multi-display shown on the second display from the interface; and    an off instruction means that instructs the first display to be off when the output means outputs output data.    
     
     
         21 . The digital camera according to  claim 16 , wherein the interface communicates data with the display means through the network.