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Image pickup apparatus

A technology of camera equipment and camera mode, applied in static cameras, image communication, TV, etc., can solve the problems that users cannot notice the mode change and users cannot start camera operations immediately

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-11-11
SONY CORP
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Also, if the selection switch comes into contact with an external object that changes the current mode during video recording or during movement in a non-camera mode, the user may not notice the mode change
Then, for example, when the user visually checks the viewfinder or the monitor for shooting and realizes that it is necessary to set the mode again, the user cannot immediately start the shooting operation.

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[0021] Hereinafter, an image pickup apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. refer to figure 1 and figure 2 , the imaging apparatus 1 to which the present invention is applied is a digital camera capable of capturing still and moving images. The imaging apparatus 1 includes an approximately rectangular-shaped apparatus body 2, a lens device 5, a display panel 3, a control device 6, a lens cover 8, and a battery power source (not shown). The lens device 5 takes an object image as light, and guides the light to an imaging element 4 such as a charge coupled device (CCD) sensor or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor. The display panel 3 includes a liquid crystal display capable of displaying images based on video signal output from the imaging element 4 . The control device 6 controls the operation of the lens device 5 and the display of the display panel 3 . The lens cover...

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An image pickup apparatus includes an operation button; and an operation member turnably mounted around the operation button, having an operation portion, and configured to allow a user to select a plurality of operation states by turning the operation portion. The operation portion is formed such that a user's finger placed on the operation button comes into contact with the operation portion at one or more positions to which the operation portion is turned.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an image pickup apparatus, and in particular, to an image pickup apparatus including an operation button and an operation member for changing an operation mode. Background technique [0002] Imaging apparatuses such as digital still cameras having a shutter button for capturing still images and a zoom lever for zooming operations have spread. Typically, the zoom lever has two zoom switches for telephoto and wide-angle modes and a joystick between the two zoom switches. When the user operates the operating lever, one of the two zoom switches for the telephoto and wide-angle modes is operated. [0003] Some of the aforementioned types of imaging devices provide a dynamic imaging mode for recording moving images and a still imaging mode for recording still images. Switching between these modes can be performed, for example, by performing a switching operation on a selection switch included in the apparatus body, or by pe...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G03B17/02H04N5/225
CPCH04N2101/00H04N5/2251H04N5/23245H04N23/50H04N23/60H04N23/667
Inventor 河合幸信安倍公博箱田胜久
Owner SONY CORP