Imaging apparatus and display control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11696016-B2
Application number	US-202117491928-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 1, 2021
Priority date	Nov 5, 2008
Publication date	Jul 4, 2023
Grant date	Jul 4, 2023

Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
an image sensor;
an imaging lens;
a first display comprising a portion of a first side of the imaging apparatus;
a second display comprising a portion of a second side of the imaging apparatus, the first side and the second side forming opposite surfaces of the imaging apparatus; and
a processor configured to control the first display and the second display to a predetermined display status,
wherein the predetermined display status is selected from among predetermined display statuses comprising:
a first display status displaying a monitoring image at the first display but not at the second display, such that when a viewer views the first display the monitoring image is an image of the viewer and the image of the viewer is not displayed at the second display,
a second display status displaying a monitoring image at the second display but not at the first display, and
a third display status displaying a monitoring image at the first display and at the second display,

wherein the viewer cannot view the first display and the second display at the same time.

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control, according to user operation, transition among the first display status, the second display status, and the third display status.

3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the user operation comprises a touch of the first display or a touch of the second display.

4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control, during a reproduction period, display of a recording image at the second display but not at the first display.

5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens is arranged on the first side of the imaging apparatus.

6. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined display statuses further comprise a fourth display status displaying one or more thumbnail images on the second display and displaying a third image on the first display in response to selection of one of the one or more thumbnail images on the second display.

7. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined display statuses further comprise a fifth display status in which a different image is displayed on the first display than an image displayed on the second display.

8. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first side of the imaging apparatus is a subject side of the imaging apparatus, and wherein the second side of the imaging apparatus is a user side of the imaging apparatus.

9. The imaging apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the imaging lens is arranged on the subject side of the imaging apparatus.

10. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein for the third display status the monitoring image displayed at the first display is the same as the monitoring image displayed at the second display.

11. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein for the third display status the monitoring image displayed at the first display is different from the monitoring image displayed at the second display.

12. A method for controlling operation of an imaging apparatus, the imaging apparatus including a first display comprising a portion of a first side of the imaging apparatus and a second display comprising a portion of a second side of the imaging apparatus, the first side and the second side forming opposite surfaces of the imaging apparatus, the method comprising:
controlling with a processor display states of the first display and second display from among a plurality of display states, wherein the plurality of display states comprises:
a first display state displaying a monitoring image at the first display but not at the second display, such that when a viewer views the first display the monitoring image is an image of the viewer and the image of the viewer is not displayed at the second display,
a second display state displaying a monitoring image at the second display but not at the first display, and
a third display state displaying a monitoring image at the first display and at the second display,

wherein the viewer cannot view the first display and the second display at the same time.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to control, according to user operation, transition among the first display state, the second display state, and the third display state.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the user operation comprises a touch of the first display or a touch of the second display.

15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to control, during a reproduction period, display of a recording image at the second display but not at the first display.

16. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising an imaging lens arranged on the first side of the imaging apparatus.

17. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the plurality of display states further comprises a fourth display state displaying one or more thumbnail images on the second display and displaying a third image on the first display in response to selection of one of the one or more thumbnail images on the second display.

18. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the plurality of predetermined display states further comprises a fifth display state display in which a different image is displayed on the first display than an image displayed on the second display.

19. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the first side of the imaging apparatus is a subject side of the imaging apparatus, and wherein the second side of the imaging apparatus is a user side of the imaging apparatus.

20. The method according to claim 19 , wherein an imaging lens is arranged on the subject side of the imaging apparatus.

21. The imaging method according to claim 12 , wherein for the third display status the monitoring image displayed at the first display is the same as the monitoring image displayed at the second display.

22. The imaging method according to claim 12 , wherein for the third display status the monitoring image displayed at the first display is different from the monitoring image displayed at the second display.

Assignees

• Sony Group Corp

Inventors

• Akita Miho
• Marukawa Kazuyuki
• Tanaka Sho

Classifications

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