Image pick-up device and detachable display device each including means for controlling a predetermined function

Abstract

To provide an image pick-up device which provides high operability and high portability even when a large screen size monitor is mounted thereon, an electronic camera comprises an image pick-up device unit, a display device unit, a recording medium and a power supply. Holes for engaging with a locking pawl of the display device unit are formed in a cover of the image pick-up device unit. An LCD display device is arranged in front of a cover of the display device unit, the LCD display device functions as a view finder, a monitor and a display, and a touch panel is arranged in front of the LCD display device with a relative position being kept therebetween. When the display device unit is mounted on the image pick-up unit, manipulation keys corresponding to manipulation buttons of the image pick-up unit are displayed. The image pick-up device unit controls the switching of the image pick-up device unit based on an output signal from the touch panel. In this manner, the manipulation of the manipulation members which become difficult to manipulate or impossible to manipulate when the display device unit is mounted is conducted on the display device unit.

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