Image Output Device

Abstract

Digital camera in cooperation with electronic paper calendar of known size comprises monitor smaller than electronic paper calendar and controller to have the monitor display partial picture around a desired point with scale of enlargement to attain size corresponding to that of electronic paper calendar on the basis of calendar size, ratio of picture area to entire calendar and size of digital image data. Digital camera separately stores calendar data, picture data, and event data for flexible combination thereof. Different calendar layouts are selectively prepared for horizontally and vertically long pictures, respectively with differences in picture/calendar ratio and number of months made. Common calendar layout is applied to a plurality of calendars. Even month is arranged on left side and odd month on right side of one calendar layout. Acceleration sensor automatically scrolls partial picture toward the direction opposite to sensed movement with prediction added.

1 . An image output device capable of cooperating with a predetermined outside image visualizing device for visualizing the picture in a known size, comprising:
 a storage arranged to store digital image data of a picture to be visualized by the outside image visualizing device;   an output portion arranged to output the digital image data stored in the storage to outside of the image output device:   a monitor arranged to monitor the picture on the basis of the digital image data to be output from the output portion, the size of the monitor being less than that of the picture visualized by the outside image visualizing device; and   a controller arranged to have the monitor display a part of the picture with such a scale of enlargement that the part of the picture is enlarged in the size corresponding to that of the picture to be actually visualized by the outside visualizing device.   
     
     
         2 . The image output device according to  claim 1  further comprising an image capturing portion arranged to capture digital image data to be stored in the image storage. 
     
     
         3 . The image output device according to  claim 2 , wherein the image output device is a digital camera and the outside image visualizing device is a digital calendar display. 
     
     
         4 . The image output device according to  claim 1  further comprising a pointer arranged to point the part of the picture to be enlarged. 
     
     
         5 . The image output device according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller is arranged to determine the scale of enlargement on the basis of information of the size of the visualized image and the size of the digital image data. 
     
     
         6 . The image output device according to  claim 5 , wherein the information of the size of the visualized image is transmitted from the outside image visualizing device and stored in the image output device. 
     
     
         7 . The image output device according to  claim 5 , wherein the controller is arranged to determine the scale of enlargement further on the basis of a ratio of area occupied by the picture to the entire area of a predetermined layout visualized by outside image visualizing device. 
     
     
         8 . The image output device according to  claim 7 , wherein the predetermined layout is a calendar layout with the picture incorporated as a part thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The image output device according to  claim 8 , wherein the controller is arranged to display the picture incorporated in the calendar layout with a rotational angle different from that of the same picture alone by 90 degrees on the monitor. 
     
     
         10 . The image output device according to  claim 8 , wherein the storage is arranged to store calendar data separated from and related with the digital image data, the calendar being composed of the related calendar data and digital image data according to the calendar layout. 
     
     
         11 . The image output device according to  claim 10 , wherein the storage is arranged to store event data separated from and related with the calendar data, the calendar being composed of the related calendar data, digital image data and event data according to the calendar layout. 
     
     
         12 . The image output device according to  claim 8 , wherein a pair of different ratios are selectively prepared as the ratio of the area occupied by the picture to the entire layout according to corresponding pair of selectively predetermined calendar layouts incorporating one of the horizontally long picture and the vertically long picture, respectively. 
     
     
         13 . The image output device according to  claim 12 , wherein one of the pair of selectively predetermined calendar layouts includes a predetermined number of months of calendar different from the number of months included in the other of the pair of calendar layouts. 
     
     
         14 . The image output device according to  claim 6 , wherein the controller is arranged to determine the scale of enlargement for the horizontally long picture which is different from that for the vertically long picture. 
     
     
         15 . The image output device according to  claim 1  further comprising an acceleration sensor, wherein the controller is arranged to automatically scroll the part of the enlarged picture in accordance with the acceleration sensor toward the direction opposite to the movement sensed by the acceleration sensor for the purpose of comprehension of a wider area of the enlarged picture due to the retention of brain and persistence of vision. 
     
     
         16 . An image output device, comprising:
 an image storage arranged to store digital image data of a picture;   a monitor arranged to monitor the picture on the basis of the digital image data stored in the storage; and   a controller arranged to incorporate the picture in a calendar layout, wherein the controller is arranged to display the picture incorporated in the calendar layout with a rotational angle different from that of the same picture alone by 90 degrees on the monitor.   
     
     
         17 . The image output device according to  claim 16  wherein the controller is arranged to incorporate a plurality of pictures in a common calendar layout to compose a plurality of different months of calendars, respectively. 
     
     
         18 . The image output device according to  claim 16  wherein the controller is arranged to incorporate the picture in a calendar including an even month calendar on the left side and an odd month calendar on the right side. 
     
     
         19 . An image output device, comprising:
 an image storage arranged to store digital image data of a picture;   a monitor arranged to monitor the picture on the basis of the digital image data stored in the storage;   an acceleration sensor; and   a controller arranged to have the monitor display a part of the picture with a scale of enlargement, wherein the controller is arranged to automatically scroll the part of the enlarged picture in accordance with the acceleration sensor toward the direction opposite to the movement sensed by the acceleration sensor for the purpose of comprehension of a wider area of the enlarged picture due to the retention of brain and persistence of vision.   
     
     
         20 . The image output device according to  claim 19 , wherein the controller is arranged to predict future acceleration on the basis of the change in acceleration of the sensed acceleration to control the scroll on the basis of the acceleration actually sensed by the acceleration sensor with the prediction taken into consideration.