Imaging apparatus and device control method for self-portrait photography
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsHiroaki Yamaguchi, Yoshiro Furukawa
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Abstract
A display controller includes circuitry configured to cause a display device to display self-portrait photographing information in response to receiving an indication that the display device and an imaging unit are in a predetermined positional relationship.
Claims19
An imaging apparatus, comprising:
- a main body;
- an imager;
- a lens that is positioned on a front side of the main body and oriented in a first direction;
- a release button positioned on a top side of the main body;
- a display device including a display surface, the display device configured to rotate with respect to the main body between a first position and a second position so that
- when the display device is in the first position, the display device is on a rear side of the main body opposite of the front side and the display surface faces in an opposite direction of the first direction, and
- when the display device is in the second position, the display device is at least partially higher than the top side of the main body and the display surface faces in the first direction;
- and
- circuitry configured to
- control the display device to display a face detection icon when the display device is rotated from the first position to the second position, the face detection icon indicating that face detection is ON, and
- control the display device to not display the face detection icon when the display device is rotated from the second position to the first position.
A display control method for an imaging apparatus including a main body, an imager, circuitry, a lens that is positioned on a front side of the main body and oriented in a first direction, a release button positioned on a top side of the main body, and a display device including a display surface, the display method comprising:
- controlling, by the circuitry, the display device to display a face detection icon when the display device is rotated from a first position to a second position, the face detection icon indicating that face detection is ON;
- and
- controlling, by the circuitry, the display device to not display the face detection icon when the display device is rotated from the second position to the first position, wherein
- when the display device is in the first position, the display device is on a rear side of the main body opposite of the front side and the display surface faces in an opposite direction of the first direction, and
- when the display device is in the second position, the display device is at least partially higher than the top side of the main body and the display surface faces in the first direction.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored therein that when executed by a processing circuit of an imaging apparatus including a main body, an imager, the processing circuit, a lens that is positioned on a front side of the main body and oriented in a first direction, a release button positioned on a top side of the main body, and a display device including a display surface, cause the processing circuit to perform a display control method, the method comprising:
- controlling the display device to display a face detection icon when the display device is rotated from a first position to a second position, the face detection icon indicating that face detection is ON;
- and
- controlling the display device to not display the face detection icon when the display device is rotated from the second position to the first position, wherein
- when the display device is in the first position, the display device is on a rear side of the main body opposite of the front side and the display surface faces in an opposite direction of the first direction, and
- when the display device is in the second position, the display device is at least partially higher than the top side of the main body and the display surface faces in the first direction.
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