Image pickup apparatus
First Claim
1. An image pickup apparatus including a first mode for picking up an object image and a second mode for reproducing a recorded image, said apparatus comprising:
- an operation member which is switched to said first mode according to an operation to a first position, and is switched to said second mode according to an operation to a second position, and further is suppressed to a third position during a period of time except for the operations; and
control means for changing control to said image pickup apparatus both according to a current mode and according to a position to which said operation member is operated.
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Abstract
In order to make it possible to perform the starting or the changing of photographing, recording and reproducing modes easily and to eliminate walls between the modes, an image pickup apparatus includes a first mode for recording a photographed image on a record medium as an image file, a second mode for reproducing the image file, and an operation member which can switch to each mode by different operation methods, wherein the operation member returns to its original state after the performance of an operation.
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10 Claims
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1. An image pickup apparatus including a first mode for picking up an object image and a second mode for reproducing a recorded image, said apparatus comprising:
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an operation member which is switched to said first mode according to an operation to a first position, and is switched to said second mode according to an operation to a second position, and further is suppressed to a third position during a period of time except for the operations; and
control means for changing control to said image pickup apparatus both according to a current mode and according to a position to which said operation member is operated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image pickup apparatus including a first mode for picking up an object image and a second mode for reproducing a recorded image, said apparatus comprising:
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an operation member which is switched to said first mode according to an operation to a first position, and is switched to said second mode according to an operation to a second position, and further is suppressed to a third position during a period of time except for the operations; and
control means for turning electric power of said image pickup apparatus on and determines an operating mode according to a position to which said operation member is operated, when said operation member is operated in a state in which the electric power of said image pickup apparatus is off.
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8. A control method of an image pickup apparatus including a first mode for picking up an object image and a second mode for reproducing a record image, comprising:
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the step of operating an operation member which is switched to a first mode for picking up an object image according to an operation to a first position, and is switched to a second mode for reproducing a recorded image according to an operation to a second position, and further is suppressed to a third position during a period of time except for the operations; and
the step of changing control to said image pickup apparatus according to a current mode and said position to which said operation member is operated. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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9. A control method of an image pickup apparatus including an operation member which is switched to a first mode for picking up an object image according to an operation to a first position, and is switched to a second mode for reproducing a recorded image according to an operation to a second position, and further is suppressed to a third position during a period of time except for the operations, said method comprising:
the step of turning electric power of said image pickup apparatus on and determines an operating mode according to a position to which said operation member is operated, when said operation member is operated in a state in which the electric power of said image pickup apparatus is off.
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