Imaging apparatus and method for controlling imaging apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMichinori Nakajima
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus is controlled in such a manner that, to perform a scenario shooting, a list of the scenes forming the scenario is displayed, and when the scene selected in the list is a captured scene, the selected captured scene is played back, and when the selected scene is an uncaptured scene, the imaging apparatus enters a shooting standby state for capturing the selected uncaptured scene.
Claims9
An imaging apparatus for capturing a moving image, the imaging apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store scenario data for forming one scenario with a plurality of scenes and for managing, in association with one of the plurality of scenes in the scenario, a moving image captured by an imaging unit;
- a display control unit configured to perform control so that a list of pieces of information representing the plurality of scenes is displayed on a display unit by using the scenario data;
- a selection unit configured to select one of the plurality of scenes from the list displayed on the display unit;
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- a control unit configured to perform control so that when the scene selected by the selection unit is a captured scene, the selected captured scene is played back, and when the scene selected by the selection unit is an uncaptured scene, the imaging apparatus enters a shooting standby state for capturing the selected uncaptured scene.
A method for controlling an imaging apparatus including a storage unit configured to store scenario data for forming one scenario with a plurality of scenes and for managing a captured moving image in association with one of the plurality of scenes in the scenario, the method comprising:
- performing control so that a list of pieces of information representing the plurality of scenes is displayed on a display unit by using the scenario data;
- selecting one of the plurality of scenes from the list displayed on the display unit;
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- performing control so that when the selected scene is a captured scene, the selected captured scene is played back, and when the selected scene is an uncaptured scene, the imaging apparatus enters a shooting standby state for capturing the selected uncaptured scene.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.