Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 成像设备
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Application No.: US12869834Application Date: 2010-08-27
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Publication No.: US08416333B2Publication Date: 2013-04-09
- Inventor: Yasunori Nakai , Takahiro Ikeda
- Applicant: Yasunori Nakai , Takahiro Ikeda
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Panasonic Patent Center
- Priority: JP2009-199706 20090831
- Main IPC: H04N5/222
- IPC: H04N5/222

Abstract:
An imaging apparatus for capturing an image includes a first display unit, a second display unit capable of being in a set-in state in which the second display unit is set in a body of the imaging apparatus or a non-set-in state in which the second display unit is not set in the body of the imaging apparatus, a proximity sensor operable to sense proximity of an object, and a controller operable to allow the first display unit to display an image when the proximity sensor senses the proximity of the object, and allows the second display unit to display an image when the proximity sensor does not sense the proximity of the object. The controller controls a sensing function of the proximity sensor according to whether the second display unit is in the set-in state or the non-set-in state. For example, the proximity sensor may sense the proximity of the object when the object is continuously sensed for a predetermined sensing time or more. The controller may set the predetermined sensing time for the second display unit being in the non-set-in state to be longer than the predetermined sensing time for the second display unit being in the set-in state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110050974A1 IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-03-03
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