US 2006/0140621 A1 · Imaging apparatus with display and image display apparatus

Abstract

A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by 90 degree. In a reproducing mode, display posture of the image is also rotated by 90 degree, and the image is displayed in a large size on the entire display screen.

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Dependent claims

An imaging apparatus having a display attached to a rear surface of a main body, said main body having a rectangular solid shape and including an image sensor for converting an image of a subject passing through a taking lens into an electric signal which is to be recorded in a memory, said display having a rectangular shape whose long sides corresponding to long sides of said main body, said imaging apparatus comprising:

a display controller for switching between a first displaying mode and a second displaying mode, in said first displaying mode, said image having a horizontally long aspect ratio being displayed on said display such that the long sides of said image are perpendicular to said long sides of said display, and in said second displaying mode, said image being rotated by 90 degree from said first displaying mode and displayed on said display such that said long sides of said image and said display approximately correspond to each other.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Imaging apparatus with display and image display apparatus

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Imaging apparatus with display and image display apparatus

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Abstract

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