Imaging device and imaging method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12323697-B2
Application number	US-202117906646-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2021
Priority date	Mar 25, 2020
Publication date	Jun 3, 2025
Grant date	Jun 3, 2025

Abstract

The present invention relates to an imaging device including a camera body configured to attach, to a barrel body, a lens barrel including a collapsible barrel in which a barrel holding at least one lens can be in a stored state and in an extended state by manual operation, and a control unit configured to perform control to execute a display of information indicating a state of the imaging device in a case where the lens barrel attached to the camera body is detected to be in the stored state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An imaging device, comprising:
an image sensor configured to capture an image;
a barrel body;
a camera body attached to the barrel body;
a lens barrel that includes:
a collapsible barrel that includes a barrel; and
a first central processing unit (CPU) configured to detect a specific state of the imaging device, wherein
the specific state of the imaging device corresponds to one of a stored state of the barrel or an extended state of the barrel,
the barrel is configured to hold at least one lens,
the barrel is in one of the stored state or the extended state based on a first operation of a user,
in the stored state of the barrel, the imaging device is in a standby state for at least a first period of time,
in the extended state of the barrel, the imaging device is in the standby state for at least a second period of time different from the first period of time, and
the first period of time is shorter than the second period of time;

a display device configured to display setting information, wherein
the setting information indicates the stored state of the barrel; and

a second CPU configured to control the display of the setting information based on the stored state of the barrel.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second CPU is further configured to stop the display of the setting information based on the extended state of the barrel.

3. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second CPU is further configured to control the display of the setting information based on the detection of the specific state of the imaging device, and
the display device is further configured to:
stop the display of the setting information; and
display a through-image of the captured image based on the extended state of the barrel.

4. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second CPU is further configured to perform a setting change processing based on second operation of the user, and
the second operation of the user is associated with the display of the setting information.

5. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the second CPU is further configured to:
control display of the display device;
detect a designation operation on the display of the setting information;
perform a change screen based on the detection of the designation operation on the display of the setting information, wherein the change screen is associated with a menu hierarchy of the setting information; and
perform a setting change processing based on the detection of the designation operation on the change screen.

6. The imaging device according to claim 5 , wherein the second CPU is further configured to:
stop display of the change screen; and
display a through-image of the captured image based on the extended state of the barrel, and
the display of the change screen in the stored state of the barrel.

7. An imaging device, comprising:
a barrel body;
a camera body attached to the barrel body;
a lens barrel that includes:
a collapsible barrel that includes a barrel; and
a first central processing unit (CPU) configured to detect a specific state of the imaging device, wherein
the specific state of the imaging device corresponds to one of a stored state of the barrel or an extended state of the barrel,
the barrel is configured to hold at least one lens,
the barrel is in one of the stored state or the extended state based on a first operation of a user,
in the stored state of the barrel, the imagine device is in a standby state for at least a first period of time,
in the extended state of the barrel, the imaging device is in the standby state for at least a second period of time different from the first period of time, and
the first period of time is shorter than the second period of time; and

a second CPU configured to control a display, wherein
the display is associated with setting information and specific information,
the setting information indicates the specific state of the imaging device based on the stored state of the barrel
the specific information indicates a cooperative function,
the cooperative function is associated with a moving image recording process, and
the moving image recording process is based on the extended state of the barrel.

8. The imaging device according to claim 7 , wherein the second CPU is further configured to start the moving image recording process based on
the extended state of the barrel, and
the cooperative function being enabled.

9. The imaging device according to claim 8 , wherein the second CPU is further configured to stop the moving image recording process based on
the stored state of the barrel, and
the moving image recording process is started with the cooperative function.

10. The imaging device according to claim 7 , wherein
the second CPU is further configured to control a display of an icon,
the icon is associated with an on operation and an off operation,
each of the on operation and the off operation is associated with the cooperative function, and
one of the on operation or the off operation is enabled with the specific information based on a second operation of the user.

11. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the second CPU is further configured to:
stop the display of the setting information; and
turn off power based on the stored state of the barrel.

12. The imaging device according to claim 11 , wherein
in the extended state of the barrel, the second CPU is further configured to turn off the power based on the imaging device is in the standby state.

13. An imaging method, comprising:
detecting, by a first central processing unit (CPU), a specific state of an imaging device, wherein
the imaging device comprises:
a second CPU;
a barrel body;
a camera body attached to the barrel body; and
a lens barrel including:
a collapsible barrel that includes a barrel; and
the first CPU,

the specific state of the imaging device corresponds to one of a stored state of the barrel or an extended state of the barrel,
the barrel is in one of the stored state or the extended state based on an operation of a user,
in the stored state of the barrel, the imagine device is in a standby state for at least a first period of time,
in the extended state of the barrel, the imaging device is in the standby state for at least a second period of time different from the first period of time, and
the first period of time is shorter than the second period of time; and

controlling, by the second CPU, a display of setting information, wherein
the setting information indicates the specific state of the imaging device based on the stored state of the barrel.

Assignees

• Sony Group Corp

Inventors

• Ito Masanobu
• Aoyama Jun
• Watanabe Hiroki

Classifications

• H04N23/651

  for reducing power consumption by affecting camera operations, e.g. sleep mode, hibernation mode or power off of selective parts of the camera · CPC title

• G03B17/14

  interchangeably · CPC title

• H04N23/631

  Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters · CPC title

• H04N23/667 Primary

  Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes · CPC title

• H04N23/65

  Control of camera operation in relation to power supply · CPC title