Camera with monitor
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorAtsushi Misawa
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Abstract
A monitor with a large screen is provided at the back of the camera. In the recording mode, a preview image or a captured image is displayed in a part of the monitor where there is little possibility of being covered by the hand of the operator. In the reproducing mode, a reproduced image is displayed on substantially the entire screen of the monitor. A touch panel is provided over the monitor, and operation buttons such as a zoom operation button and an exposure correcting button are displayed on a part of the monitor where no image is displayed in the recording mode. Therefore, the part of the monitor can also be used as a camera operational part.
Claims20
A camera comprising:
- an imaging part for capturing an image of a subject;
- a selector for selecting one of a recording mode and a reproducing mode;
- a recording part for recording the image captured by the imaging part on a recording medium upon receiving a command to record in the recording mode;
- a reproducing part for reproducing an image from the recording medium in the reproducing mode;
- a monitor for displaying an image;
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- a display controller for controlling the monitor to display the image captured by the imaging part on a first area on the monitor in the recording mode, and to display the image reproduced from the recording medium on a second area on the monitor in the reproducing mode, the first area being smaller than the second area.
A camera comprising:
- a selector for selecting one of a recording mode and a reproducing mode;
- a reproducing part for reproducing an image from the recording medium in the reproducing mode;
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- a monitor arranged at the back of the body of the camera,
- wherein the camera is gripped, in at least one of the recording mode, wherein a part of the back of the body of the camera is covered while a member which is necessary for picture taking is kept uncovered by a hand of an operator and, the reproducing mode, the back of the body of the camera is kept uncovered by the hand of the operator while a front of the body of the camera is covered;
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- wherein the monitor is arranged at such a position that a part of the monitor is covered by the hand of the operator if the camera is gripped in the recording mode whereas the entire area of the monitor is uncovered by the hand if the camera is gripped in the reproducing mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.