1. A method carried out by an image display system comprising:
responsive to a detection of an exclusive display mode, whereby an application is blocked from displaying data on a monitor, causing a generation of a composited surface comprising display data of a blocked application surface and display data of an exclusive application surface.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the composited surface comprising display data of the blocked application surface and display data of the exclusive application surface.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the composited surface comprising display data of the blocked application surface and display data of the exclusive application surface on a monitor designated as an exclusive monitor.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
linking the blocked application with an input device; and
providing control information to the blocked application with the input device during the exclusive display mode for controlling the composited surface.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the control information includes information for generating the blocked application surface.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein causing the generation of the composited surface comprises:
causing a generation of the blocked application surface;
instructing, by the blocked application, a surface compositing module to composite the blocked application surface with the exclusive application surface; and
instructing, by the surface compositing module, at least one processor to composite the blocked application surface and the exclusive application surface in a buffer for display on the monitor.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the exclusive application surface is provided in a first buffer for display on the monitor, and wherein the composited surface is provided in a second buffer different from the first buffer for display on the monitor.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein the blocked application uses a communication channel operative to bypass the exclusive display mode of an operating system to instruct the surface compositing module to composite the blocked application surface with the exclusive application surface.
9. The method of claim 6, wherein the blocked application provides a composite request to the surface compositing module to instruct the surface compositing module to composite the blocked application surface with the exclusive application surface, wherein the composite request identifies at least one of a memory location of the blocked application surface, a memory location of the exclusive application surface, and a compositing method for compositing the blocked application surface and the exclusive application surface.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein an operating system operates in the exclusive display mode to block the application from displaying data on the monitor.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein an exclusive mode application initiates the exclusive display mode of the operating system, and the exclusive mode application is configured to have exclusive control of the monitor in the exclusive display mode.
12. A system configured to provide an image for display, the system comprising:
a display mode detector operative to detect an exclusive display mode wherein an application is blocked from displaying content on a monitor; and
a surface compositing module operatively coupled to the display mode detector and operative to cause a generation of a composited surface comprising a blocked application surface and an exclusive application surface.
13. The system of claim 12, further including at least one processor operatively coupled to the surface compositing module and operative to generate the composited surface comprising the blocked application surface and the exclusive application surface.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the surface compositing module is further operative to direct the at least one processor to display the composited surface comprising the blocked application surface and the exclusive application surface on a monitor designated as an exclusive monitor.
15. The system of claim 12, further including an input device linked to the blocked application and configured to provide control information to the blocked application during the exclusive display mode for controlling the composited surface.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the control information includes information for generating the blocked application surface.
17. The system of claim 12, wherein the display mode detector is further operative to provide a composite request to the surface compositing module to instruct the surface compositing module to composite the blocked application surface with the exclusive application surface, and wherein the composite request is provided through a communication channel between the display mode detector and the surface compositing module that is operative to bypass the exclusive display mode.
18. The system of claim 16, wherein the composite request includes an identification of at least one of a memory location of the blocked application surface, a memory location of the exclusive application surface, and a compositing method for compositing the blocked application surface and the exclusive application surface.
19. The system of claim 12, wherein an operating system operatively coupled to the display mode detector operates in the exclusive display mode to block the application from displaying content on the monitor.
20. A computer-readable medium comprising:
executable instructions such that when processed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
detect an exclusive display mode wherein an application is blocked from displaying content on a monitor; and
in response to detecting the exclusive display mode, cause a generation of a composited surface comprising a blocked application surface and an exclusive application surface.
21. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the executable instructions further cause the at least one processor to display the composited surface comprising the blocked application surface and the exclusive application surface on a monitor designated as an exclusive monitor by an operating system.
22. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the executable instructions further cause the at least one processor to:
link the blocked application with an input device; and
control the composited surface during the exclusive display mode based on control information received from the input device.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An image-capturing apparatus for capturing an image of a subject, said image-capturing apparatus comprising:
solid-state image-capturing elements arranged in matrix comprising a first reading operation mode in which a captured-image signal is read by thinning out pixels, and a second reading operation mode in which the captured image signal is read without thinning out pixels;
temporary storage means for temporarily storing an image signal read from said solid-state image-capturing elements during said second reading operation mode;
detection means for performing a predetermined detection for said image signal read from said solid-state image-capturing elements during said first reading operation mode and performing a predetermined detection on said image signal read from said temporary storage means during said second reading operation mode;
signal processing means for performing predetermined signal processing for correcting image quality on the basis of the data detected by said detection means during each of said reading operation modes, on said image signal read from said solid-state image-capturing elements during said first reading operation mode and on said image signal read from said temporary storage means during said second reading operation mode; and
reading control means for, when the solid-state image-capturing elements shift from said first reading operation mode to said second reading operation mode, reading said image signal stored in said temporary storage means and supplying the image signal to said detection means, thereafter, re-reading said image signal, and supplying the image signal to said signal processing means.
2. An image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said reading control means reads said image signal stored in said temporary storage means by thinning out pixels in such a manner as to correspond to the reading from said solid-state image-capturing elements during said first reading operation mode, and supplies the image signal to said detection means.
3. An image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, during said second reading operation mode, said signal processing means performs said predetermined signal processing on the basis of said detected data detected in said detection means and said detected data obtained during said first reading operation mode prior to shifting to said second reading operation mode.
4. An image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said solid-state image-capturing elements comprise first signal addition means for adding signals of a plurality of pixels in the lines of the same color in the vertical direction and reading them during said first reading operation mode, and
said reading control means comprises second signal addition means for adding signals for the pixels corresponding to said first signal addition means to said image signal read from said temporary storage means during said second reading operation mode and supplying the signals to said detection means.
5. An image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said signal processing means adjusts white balance on said input image signal on the basis of the data detected by said detection means.
6. An image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said signal processing means performs an offset elimination process on said input image signal on the basis of the data detected by said detection means.
7. An image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said signal processing means performs gain adjustment on said input image signal on the basis of the data detected by said detection means.
8. An image-capturing method for capturing an image of a subject by using solid-state image-capturing elements, said image-quality correction method comprising the steps of:
performing a predetermined detection on an image signal which is read from said solid-state image-capturing elements in a first reading operation mode in which said image signal captured by said solid-state image-capturing elements is read by thinning out pixels;
performing predetermined signal processing for correcting image quality on said image signal on the basis of the data detected by said predetermined detection;
temporarily storing said image signal read from said solid-state image-capturing elements when said solid-state image-capturing elements shift to a second reading operation mode without thinning out said pixels;
reading said stored image signal and performing said predetermined detection thereon; and
re-reading said stored image signal and performing predetermined signal processing for image-quality correction on said re-read image signal on the basis of the data detected by said predetermined detection.
9. An image-capturing method according to claim 8, wherein, during said second reading operation mode, when said image signal which is temporarily stored is to be read and said predetermined detection is to be performed thereon, said image signal is read by thinning out pixels in such a manner as to correspond to the reading from said solid-state image-capturing elements during said first reading operation mode.