Patent ID: 8203601
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic appliance comprising: a video camera configured to photograph an operator who is in front of the video camera and operates the electronic appliance, and obtain an image including an image of the operator; a mirror image converter configured to convert the image including the image of the operator provided by the video camera into a mirror image; an image adjuster configured to adjust the size of the image including the image of the operator provided by one of the video camera and mirror image converter; a display configured to display the image including the image of the operator provided by the image adjuster; a measurement zone having a first area, the measurement zone being used to adjust the size of the image including the image of the operator on the display, the operator overlaying an object so that an image of the object is displayed in the measurement zone; a generator configured to generate information indicative of a ratio of an area of the object's image in the measurement zone to the first area; and a controller configured to control the image adjuster according to the information provided by the generator so that the image adjuster optimizes the size of the image including the image of the operator on the display, such that as the ratio of the area of the object's image in the measurement zone to the first area becomes smaller, a zoom magnitude becomes larger, and as the ratio of the area of the object's image in the measurement zone to the first area becomes larger, the zoom magnitude becomes smaller.