US 8,477,229 B2Granted

Imaging apparatus

AssigneePanasonic Corporation

InventorYasunori Nakai

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Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture a subject image to generate image data, a first display unit configured to display the image data generated by the imaging unit and to be capable of taking a reference position and a position different from the reference position, a proximity sensor configured to sense proximity of an object to the first display unit, a position sensor configured to sense whether the first display unit is at the reference position, a second display unit configured to display the image data generated by the imaging unit, and a controller configured to perform control, when the position sensor senses that the first display unit is not at the reference position, to activate the proximity sensor, and to operate the first display unit when the proximity sensor senses proximity of an object, and to operate the second display unit when the proximity sensor does not sense proximity of an object.

Claims11

Dependent claims

An imaging apparatus comprising:

a body;
an imaging unit disposed in the body and configured to capture a subject image to generate image data;
a first display unit movably mounted on the body and configured to display the image data generated by the imaging unit, the first display unit capable of being positioned at a reference position and a position different from the reference position;
a proximity sensor configured to sense a proximity of an object to the first display unit;
a position sensor configured to sense whether the first display unit is positioned at the reference position according to a relative positional relation between the body and the first display unit;
a second display unit configured to display the image data generated by the imaging unit;
and
a controller configured to perform control such that, when the position sensor senses that the first display unit is not positioned at the reference position, the controller activates the proximity sensor and operates the first display unit when the proximity sensor senses the object is proximate to the first display unit, and operates the second display unit when the proximity sensor does not sense the object is proximate to the first display unit.

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An imaging apparatus to which a first display unit is mountable, the first display unit configured to display captured image data and capable of being positioned at a reference position and a position different from the reference position, the imaging apparatus comprising:

a body on which the first display unit is movably mountable;
a second display unit configured to display captured image data;
a position determining unit configured to determine whether the first display unit is positioned at the reference position according to a relative positional relation between the body and the first display unit;
a proximity determining unit configured to determine whether an object is in proximity to the first display unit;
and
a controller configured to control the first and second display units, wherein
in a case where the position determining unit determines that the first display unit is not positioned at the reference position, the controller performs control to operate the first display unit when the proximity determining unit determines that the object is in proximity to the first display unit, and to operate the second display unit when the proximity determining unit does not determine that the object is in proximity to the first display unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.