Image pickup apparatus having a help function, and method and program for controlling the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroaki Inukai
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Abstract
An image pickup apparatus with a help function has a help mode in which a state or representation illustrating operating conditions is displayed on a display unit without actually applying a state or operating condition selected by operating an operating member to the image pickup apparatus. The image pickup apparatus includes a release button for issuing a photographing instruction, and a unit that, when the release button issues the photographing instruction, performs photographing under predetermined conditions regardless of a state or operating condition selected by operating the operating member during a help mode.
Claims11
An image pickup apparatus having a help function, the image pickup apparatus comprising:
- a mode dial that sets a mode of the image pickup apparatus to one of a plurality of photographing modes;
- a setting unit that sets, not in a help mode, the photographing mode to a photographing mode corresponding to a turned position of the mode dial in accordance with the turning of the mode dial;
- a display unit that displays information concerning the image pickup apparatus;
- a start instruction unit that instructs the image pickup apparatus to start its operation at a help mode;
- a control unit that controls, during the operation of the image pickup apparatus at the help mode, the display unit to display an explanation indicating the photographing mode corresponding to a turned position of the mode dial without actually changing the photographing mode to a photographing mode corresponding to a turned position of the mode dial in response to the turning of the mode dial;
- a release unit that instructs the image pickup apparatus to perform photographing;
- a photographing control unit that, when the release unit instructs the image pickup apparatus to perform photographing during the help mode, executes a photographing operation under a predetermined photographing mode regardless of the operation by the mode dial after the help mode is started;
- and
- a termination instruction unit that terminates the help mode,
- wherein the setting unit sets, to the image pickup apparatus, when the termination instruction terminates the help mode, the photographing mode corresponding to the turned position of the mode dial which was turned during the help mode.
A method for controlling an image pickup apparatus having a help mode for displaying, on a display unit, representations illustrating states or operating conditions set by operating a plurality of operating members, the method comprising the steps of:
- setting a mode of the image pickup apparatus to one of a plurality of photographing modes;
- setting, not in a help mode, the photographing mode to a photographing mode corresponding to a turned position of the mode dial in accordance with the turning of the mode dial;
- starting the help mode;
- displaying, on the display unit an explanation indicating the photographing mode corresponding to a turned position of the mode dial without actually changing the photographing mode to a photographing mode corresponding to a turned position of the mode dial in response to the turning of the mode dial;
- when the image pickup apparatus is instructed by a release unit to perform photographing, executing a photographing operation under a predetermined photographing mode regardless of the operation by the mode dial after the help mode is started;
- and
- terminating the help mode,
- when the termination instruction terminates the help mode, the photographing mode corresponding to the turned position of the mode dial which was turned during the help mode.
A storage medium storing a program for controlling an image pickup apparatus having a help mode for displaying, on a display unit, representations of states or operating conditions set by operating a plurality of operating members, the program having program code executing the steps of:
- setting a mode of the image pickup apparatus to one of a plurality of photographing modes;
- setting, not in a help mode, the photographing mode to a photographing mode corresponding to a turned position of the mode dial in accordance with the turning of the mode dial;
- starting the help mode;
- displaying, on the display unit an explanation indicating the settable by the mode dial without actually changing the photographing mode settable by the mode dial in response to the operation of the mode dial;
- when the image pickup apparatus is instructed by a release unit to perform photographing, executing a photographing operation under a predetermined photographing mode regardless of the operation by the mode dial after the help mode is started;
- and
- terminating the help mode,
- when the termination instruction terminates the help mode, the photographing mode corresponding to the turned position of the mode dial which was turned during the help mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.