Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof

• US 20060061659A1
• Filed: 09/14/2005
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Niwa, Chiyumi
• Granted Patent: US 8,013,894 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.990
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/651 for reducing power consumption by affecting camera operations, e.g. sleep mode, hibernation mode or power off of selective parts of the camera

Abstract

An image capturing apparatus includes an image capture unit for capturing an image, a reproducing unit for reproducing and displaying an image, an attitude detecting unit for detecting an attitude, and a control unit for executing a preset and predetermined operation if a predetermined attitude change pattern is detected with the attitude detecting unit.

Claims

1. An image capturing apparatus comprising:

an image capture unit for capturing an image;

a reproducing unit for reproducing and displaying an image;

an attitude detecting unit for detecting an attitude; and

a control unit for executing a predetermined operation set in advance if a predetermined attitude change pattern is detected with said attitude detecting unit.

2. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined attitude change pattern includes a change from a first attitude to a second attitude different from said first attitude and a change from said second attitude to said first attitude.

3. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined operation is one of a change of a reproduced and displayed image, a change of a display color, a change of an image capturing parameter, an increase/decrease of the number of designated prints of a reproduced image, a deletion of a display image, switching between enlargement display and reduction display of a display image, switching between single display and index display of a display image, switching between power ON and OFF, and switching between a capturing mode and a reproducing mode.

4. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing apparatus is a digital camera.

5. A method of controlling an image capturing apparatus which includes an image capture unit for capturing an image, a reproducing unit for reproducing and displaying an image and an attitude detecting unit for detecting an attitude, the method comprising step of:

a step of controlling the image capturing apparatus to execute a predetermined operation set in advance if a predetermined attitude change pattern is detected with said attitude detecting unit.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein said predetermined attitude change pattern includes a change from a first attitude to a second attitude different from said first attitude and a change from said second attitude to said first attitude.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein said predetermined operation is one of a change of a reproduced and displayed image, a change of a display color, a change of an image capturing parameter, an increase/decrease of the number of designated prints of a reproduced image, a deletion of a display image, switching between enlargement display and reduction display of a display image, switching between single display and index display of a display image, switching between power ON and OFF, and switching between a capturing mode and a reproducing mode.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein said image capturing apparatus is a digital camera.