IMAGING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: FUJIO SEIRIN, UEHARA HIROYASU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 20.07.2017
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SPORTS; VIDEO GAMES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cultivate interest and attachment of a user for an owned camera while enjoying a game incorporated in the camera.SOLUTION: There is provided an imaging apparatus including a versus photography game function in which winning/losing is determined on the basis of generation conditions of an image file. The imaging apparatus includes: first generation condition acquisition means for acquiring a generation condition of a first image file; second generation condition acquisition means for acquiring a generation condition of a second image file; score calculation means for calculating scores on the basis of the generation conditions; winning/losing determination means for determining the winning/losing of the first image file and the second image file on the basis of the scores; and winning/losing display means for displaying the winning/losing.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12 【課題】カメラに内蔵されたゲームを楽しみながら、所有するカメラに対するユーザの関心や愛着が涵養される。【解決手段】本発明の幾つかの実施形態によれば、画像ファイルの生成条件に基づいて勝敗を決定する撮影対決ゲーム機能を備えた撮像装置が提供される。本発明の実施形態に係る撮像装置は、第１の画像ファイルの生成条件を取得する第１生成条件取得手段と、第２の画像ファイルの生成条件を取得する第２生成条件取得手段と、生成条件に基づいて得点を計算する得点計算手段と、得点に基づいて第１の画像ファイルと第２の画像ファイルの勝敗を決定する勝敗決定手段と、勝敗を表示する勝敗表示手段とを備えている。【選択図】図１２