# US 12,003,847 B2 · Camera, setting method of camera, and setting program of camera > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,003,847 B2 - Document ID: US12003847B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/831,293 - Filed: 2022-06-02 - Published: 2022-09-22 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-29 - Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation - Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation - Inventors: Atsushi Misawa; Kentaro Tokiwa; Hirofumi Horii; Yuichi Fujimura; Takeshi Misawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003847B2 ## CPC - G03B 17/18: Signals indicating condition of a camera member or suitability of light (indicating depth of field G03B13/30) - H04N 23/62: Control of parameters via user interfaces - G03B 17/02: Bodies - G03B 17/14: interchangeably - G06F 3/02: Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials - G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers} - G06F 3/0487: using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - H04N 23/00: Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof - H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof - G03B 2217/002: Details of arrangement of components in or on camera body - 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) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Provided are a camera capable of preventing an erroneous operation with a compact configuration and has high operability, a setting method of the camera, and a setting program of the camera. A change in a setting value by the operation dial is switched between valid and invalid, and an operation by the operation dial becomes possible only in a case where the change in the setting value is valid. A setting value of an item to be set by the operation dial is displayed on a dial display provided on the operation dial. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A camera comprising: a camera body; a rotary operation dial that is provided on the camera body; a rotation detection unit that detects a rotation of the rotary operation dial and changes setting values according to the rotation; a first display that is provided near the rotary operation dial on a top surface of the camera body; a second display that is provided on a back surface of the camera body and formed of a transmissive display having a backlight; a system controller that is configured to: switch between validity and invalidity of a change in the setting values according to the rotation detected by the rotation detection unit; determine whether the change in the setting values is valid or invalid; change the setting values according to the rotation detected by the rotation detection unit in a case where the change in the setting values is valid; display the setting values according to an operation on the rotary operation dial on the first display; and display whether the change in the setting values is valid or not on the second display. ### Claim 2 A camera comprising: a rotary operation dial; a dial display that is provided on a top surface of the operation dial; a display that is provided near the operation dial; a main-display that is formed of a transmissive display having a backlight; a system controller configured to: display setting values of a plurality of items capable of being set by the operation dial on the display; display information on an item to be set by the operation dial, among the plurality of items, on the dial display; switch between validity and invalidity of a change in setting value of the item to be set by the operation dial; change the setting value of the item in response to an operation of the operation dial in a case where the change in the setting value is valid; and display whether the change of the setting value by the operation dial is effective of the main-display. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The camera according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of items capable of being set by the operation dial include at least one of a shutter speed, a F-number, an ISO sensitivity, an exposure correction value, and an imaging mode of the camera. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The camera according to claim 2, wherein the system controller is further configured to switch a display form of the information on the dial display between the case where the change in the setting value by the operation dial is valid and a case where the change in the setting value by the operation dial is invalid. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The camera according to any claim 2, wherein in the case where the change in the setting value by the operation dial is invalid, the system controller is further configured to display information indicating that the change in the setting value by the operation dial is invalid on the display or the dial display. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The camera according to claim 2: wherein the system controller is further configured to receive a selection of the item to be set by the operation dial; and set the item to be set by the operation dial according to the received selection. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The camera according to claim 2: wherein the operation dial is further configured to perform an instruction to switch the item to be set by the operation dial, and wherein the system controller is further configured to set the item to be set by the operation dial in response to the instruction by the operation dial. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The camera according to claim 7, further comprising: a touch sensor that is provided on the operation dial and detects contact with the operation dial; wherein the touch sensor further detects an operation of swiping or flicking the top surface of the operation dial, and wherein the operation dial performs the instruction to switch the item to be set by the operation dial in response to the swipe operation or the flick operation detected by the touch sensor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The camera according to claim 2, further comprising: a touch sensor that is provided on the operation dial and detects contact with the operation dial; wherein in a case where the contact is detected by the touch sensor and in the case where the change in the setting value by the operation dial is valid, the system controller is further configured to display an information on the dial display avoiding a touched region. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The camera according to claim 2, further comprising: a touch sensor that is provided on the operation dial and detects contact with the operation dial; wherein in a case where the contact is detected by the touch sensor and in the case where the change in the setting value by the operation dial is valid, the system controller is further configured to display information on the item to be set by the operation dial on the dial display avoiding a predetermined touched region. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The camera according to claim 2, further comprising: a touch sensor that is provided on the operation dial and detects contact with the operation dial; wherein the system controller is further configured to make the change in the setting value by the operation dial valid while the contact is detected by the touch sensor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The camera according to claim 2, wherein the system controller is further configured to update the information displayed on the dial display in response to the operation of the operation dial. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The camera according to claim 2, wherein the operation dial and the display are disposed on a top surface of a camera body. ### Claim 14 (depends on 2) The camera according to claim 2, wherein a display direction of the operation dial and a display direction of the display are the same. ### Claim 15 (depends on 2) The camera according to claim 2, further comprising: a touch sensor that is provided on the operation dial and detects contact with the operation dial; wherein the system controller switches between validity and invalidity of the change in a setting value by the operation dial in response to a detection by the touch sensor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 3) The camera according to claim 3, further comprising: a touch sensor that is provided on the operation dial and detects contact with the operation dial; wherein the system controller switches between validity and invalidity of the change in a setting value by the operation dial in response to a detection by the touch sensor. ### Claim 17 (depends on 4) The camera according to claim 4, further comprising: a touch sensor that is provided on the operation dial and detects contact with the operation dial; wherein the system controller switches between validity and invalidity of the change in a setting value by the operation dial in response to a detection by the touch sensor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 5) The camera according to claim 5, further comprising: a touch sensor that is provided on the operation dial and detects contact with the operation dial; wherein the system controller switches between validity and invalidity of the change in a setting value by the operation dial in response to a detection by the touch sensor. ### Claim 19 (depends on 6) The camera according to claim 6, further comprising: a touch sensor that is provided on the operation dial and detects contact with the operation dial; wherein the system controller switches between validity and invalidity of the change in a setting value by the operation dial in response to a detection by the touch sensor. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The camera according to claim 1, wherein the system controller is configured to display whether the change in the setting values is valid or not on the second display by switching a displayed content of the setting values between the case where the change in the setting values is valid and a case where the change in the setting values is invalid. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The camera according to claim 1, wherein the system controller is configured to display whether the change in the setting values is valid or not on the second display by switching a brightness between the case where the change in the setting values is valid and a case where the change in the setting values is invalid. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The camera according to claim 21, wherein the brightness is made bright in the case where the change in the setting values is valid, and wherein the brightness is made dark in the case where the change in the setting values is invalid. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The camera according to claim 1, wherein the system controller is configured to display whether the change in the setting values is valid or not on the second display by displaying information on an item for which the change in the setting values is valid. ### Claim 24 A setting method of a camera including a rotary operation dial, a dial display that is provided on a top surface of the operation dial and a display that is provided near the operation dial, the setting method comprising: displaying setting values of a plurality of items capable of being set by the operation dial on the display, displaying information on an item to be set by the operation dial, among the plurality of items capable, on the dial display, switching between validity and invalidity of a change in setting value of the item to be set by the operation dial, and changing the setting value of the item in response to an operation of the operation dial in a case where the change in the setting value is valid. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The setting method of a camera according to claim 24, wherein switching between validity and invalidity of a change in a setting value by the operation dial is performed in response to a detection by a touch sensor that is provided on the operation dial.