Patent ID: 8848048
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic mirroring system for interlockingly simultaneously displaying images of a person as a subject taken from multiple directions, the electronic mirroring system comprising: a mirroring unit including a display of i pixels in length by m pixels in width and a touch panel provided on the display, the mirroring unit being arranged in front of the subject; a front video camera having a CCD of i pixels in length by m pixels in width and a wide-angle control for widening a view angle and being arranged on a side of the mirroring unit for taking a front image of the subject, the front video camera being configured to output a frame of an image taken without the wide-angle control as a first front image and another frame of an image taken with the wide-angle control as a second front image; a rear video camera having a CCD of i pixels in length by m pixels in width and a wide-angle control for widening a view angle and being arranged behind the subject for taking a back image of the subject, the rear video camera being configured to output a frame of an image taken without the wide-angle control as a first back image and another frame of an image taken with the wide-angle control as a second back image; a first unit configured to capture the first front image or the second front image outputted from the front video camera; a second unit configured to capture the first back image or the second back image outputted from the rear video camera; a third unit configured to output the first front image to the mirroring unit and display only the first front image on the display while stopping input of the first back image or the second back image; an instruction reception unit configured to receive from a user an instruction for changing display from single display of the front image or the back image to simultaneous display of the front image and the back image; a fourth unit configured to send a wide-angle control signal to the front video camera and the rear video camera in order to widen view angles while canceling the stopping of the input by the third unit in response to the instruction from the instruction reception unit for the simultaneous display; a fifth unit configured to extract an image of a first range including the subject therein from the second front image and output the extracted image as an extracted front image in response to the instruction for the simultaneous display after the fourth unit sends the wide-angle control signal; a sixth unit configured to extract an image of a second range including a back of the subject therein from the second back image and output the extracted image as an extracted back image in response to the instruction for the simultaneous display after the fourth unit sends the wide-angle control signal; a seventh unit configured to change the extracted front image outputted from the fifth unit to a size of e pixels in length by h pixels in width smaller than the size of i pixels in length by m pixels in width of the display and display the changed image as a mirroring front image on a first area in the display; and an eighth unit configured to change the extracted back image outputted from the sixth unit to a size of r pixels in length by s pixels in width smaller than the size of i pixels in length by m pixels in width of the display and display the changed image as a mirroring back image on a second area different from the first area in the display along with the mirroring front image in the display.