# US 10,313,581 B2 · Setting device and camera > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,313,581 B2 - Document ID: US10313581B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/134,239 - Filed: 2018-09-18 - Published: 2019-01-17 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-23 - Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation - Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation - Inventors: Yuichi Fujimura; Takeshi Misawa; Kentaro Tokiwa; Hirofumi Horii; Atsushi Misawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10313581B2 ## CPC - H04N 5/23216 - G03B 17/02: Bodies - G03B 17/18: Signals indicating condition of a camera member or suitability of light (indicating depth of field G03B13/30) - H04N 5/232 - G03B 2217/002: Details of arrangement of components in or on camera body - G05G 1/08: Controlling members for hand actuation by rotary movement, e.g. hand wheels - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - G05G: CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY ("Bowden" or like mechanisms F16C1/10; gearings or mechanisms not peculiar to this purpose F16H; speed changing or reversing mechanisms for gearings conveying rotary motion F16H59/00 - F16H63/00) ## Abstract There are provided a setting device and a camera that allow a user to easily grasp settable conditions with a compact structure. A display section is provided on the upper surface of a sensitivity dial. Sensitivities are switched according to the rotation of the sensitivity dial. A display on the display section is switched according to the switching of sensitivities. A currently selected sensitivity is displayed on the display section at a set value-display position Po. The maximum value of a settable sensitivity is displayed at a maximum value-display position Pmax, and the minimum value thereof is displayed at a minimum value-display position Pmin. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A setting device comprising: an operation dial that includes a click mechanism and is endlessly rotatable in a normal rotation direction and a reverse rotation direction; a display section that is provided on an upper surface of the operation dial; a rotation detection unit that detects a rotation of the operation dial; a set value switching unit that switches set values in order between a minimum value that can be set and a maximum value that can be set according to the rotation of the operation dial; and a display control unit that controls a display on the display section according to the switching of the set values performed by the set value switching unit, wherein the display control unit displays a currently selected set value at a set value-display position, the display control unit displays the maximum value that can be set at a maximum value-display position that is fixed on a downstream side of the set value-display position in the normal rotation direction in a case in which a number of the set values that are selectable between the currently selected set value and the maximum value that can be set is larger than a number of previous set value-display positions, the display control unit displays the minimum value that can be set at a minimum value-display position that is fixed on an upstream side of the set value-display position in the normal rotation direction in a case in which a number of the set values that are selectable between the currently selected set value and the minimum value that can be set is larger than a number of next set value-display positions, in a case in which the number of the set values that are selectable between the currently selected set value and the maximum value that can be set is equal to or smaller than the number of previous set value-display positions, a display position of the maximum value that can be set moves between the maximum value-display position and the set value-display position of the operation dial, according to the number of the set values that is equal to or smaller than the number of previous set value-display positions, and in a case in which the number of the set values that are selectable between the currently selected set value and the minimum value that can be set is equal to or smaller than the number of next set value-display positions, a display position of the minimum value that can be set moves between the minimum value-display position and the set value-display position of the operation dial, according to the number of the set values that is equal to or smaller than the number of next set value-display positions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The setting device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays dots between the set value-display position and the maximum value-display position in the normal rotation direction, and displays dots between the set value-display position and the minimum value-display position in the reverse rotation direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The setting device according to claim 2, wherein the display control unit changes the number of the dots, which are displayed between the set value-display position and the maximum value-display position, according to the number of set values that are selectable between the currently selected set value and the maximum value, and changes the number of the dots, which are displayed between the set value-display position and the minimum value-display position, according to the number of set values that are selectable between the currently selected set value and the minimum value. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The setting device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays a certain number of set values, which are positioned ahead and are selectable in a case in which the operation dial is rotated in the reverse rotation direction, at the previous set value-display positions that are set on the downstream side of the set value-display position in the normal rotation direction, and displays the certain number of set values, which are positioned ahead and are selectable in a case in which the operation dial is rotated in the normal rotation direction, at the next set value-display positions that are set on the upstream side of the set value-display position in the normal rotation direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The setting device according to claim 4, wherein the display control unit displays two set values, which are positioned ahead and are selectable in a case in which the operation dial is rotated in the reverse rotation direction, at the previous set value-display positions, and displays two set values, which are positioned ahead and are selectable in a case in which the operation dial is rotated in the normal rotation direction, at the next set value-display positions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The setting device according to claim 1, further comprising: a step width changing unit that changes a step width of switching of the set values. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The setting device according to claim 6, wherein the step width changing unit changes the step width of switching of the set values according to a rotational speed of the operation dial. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The setting device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays the set value displayed at the set value-display position so that the set value displayed at the set value-display position is larger than set values displayed in other regions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A camera comprising: the setting device according to claim 1.