Digital camera and electronic device

• US 20060146166A1
• Filed: 09/06/2005
• Published: 07/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Aizawa, Toyokazu, Abe, Tatsuro
• Application Number:
  US11/220,877
• Publication Number:
  US 20060146166A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/531 being rotatable or detachable
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera

Abstract

An electronic device includes a display unit configured to align and display a plurality of selection candidates on an arc, and identify and display a selection target of the plurality of selection candidates. A rotary member is arranged almost concentrically with the arc. An identification display control unit is configured to control a change of the selection target along the plurality of selection candidates aligned on the arc on the basis of rotation of the rotary member.

Claims

1. A digital camera comprising:

a photographic unit configured to photograph a video;

a recording unit configured to record the video photographed by the photographic unit;

a display unit configured to display the video photographed by the photographic unit, align and display a plurality of selection candidates on an arc in response to a display switching operation, and identify and display a selection target of the plurality of selection candidates;

a rotary member arranged substantially concentrically with the arc; and

an identification display control unit configured to control a change of the selection target among the plurality of selection candidates aligned on the arc on the basis of rotation of the rotary member.

14. A digital camera according to claim 1, which further comprises

a record designation unit configured to designate a start and stop of a photographic mode,

a first menu designation unit configured to designate a display of a first menu screen, and

a second menu designation unit configured to designate a display of a second menu screen, and in which

the display unit displays a photographed video, aligns and displays the plurality of selection candidates on the ring on the photographed video, identifies and displays the selection target in accordance with the display on the first menu screen by the first menu designation unit after starting the photographic mode by the record designation unit, aligns and displays the plurality of selection candidates on the arc, and identifies and displays the selection target in accordance with the display on the second menu screen by the second menu designation unit after stopping the photographic mode by the record designation unit.

15. A device according to claim 14, wherein the display unit displays the photographed video, and aligns and displays the plurality of semitransparent selection candidates on the ring on the photographed video in accordance with the display on the first menu screen by the first menu designation unit after starting the photographic mode by the record designation unit.

2. A digital camera comprising:

a photographic unit configured to photograph a video;

a recording unit configured to record the video photographed by the photographic unit;

a display unit configured to display the video photographed by the photographic unit, align and display a plurality of selection candidates on a ring in response to a display switching operation, and identify and display a selection target of the plurality of selection candidates;

a rotary member arranged on a surface which is parallel to at least one position of a display surface of the plurality of selection candidates displayed on the ring; and

an identification display control unit configured to control a change of the selection target along the plurality of selection candidates aligned on the ring on the basis of rotation of the rotary member.

3. A digital camera comprising:

a photographic unit configured to photograph a video;

a recording unit configured to record the video photographed by the photographic unit;

a rotary member;

a display unit configured to display the video photographed by the photographing unit, display a setting in response to a display switching operation, and indicate that the setting can be changed by rotation of the rotary member; and

a setting change control unit configured to change the setting on the basis of rotation of the rotary member.

4. An electronic device comprising:

a display unit configured to align and display a plurality of selection candidates on an arc, and identify and display a selection target of the plurality of selection candidates;

a rotary member arranged substantially concentrically with the arc; and

an identification display control unit configured to control a change of the selection target among the plurality of selection candidates aligned on the arc on the basis of rotation of the rotary member.

5. A device according to claim 4, wherein the identification display control unit controls the transition of the identification display target in synchronism with rotation of the rotary member.

6. A device according to claim 4, further comprising a setting unit configured to set a correspondence relationship between a rotational amount of the rotary member and a transition amount of the identification display target.

7. A device according to claim 4, wherein the identification display control unit changes the selection target in accordance with a predetermined rotational angle and a rotational direction of the rotary member.

8. A device according to claim 4, wherein

the display unit displays some of the plurality of selection candidates on the arc at predetermined intervals, and displays other selection candidates of the plurality of selection candidates at intervals different from the predetermined intervals, and

the identification display control unit changes the selection target in accordance with a predetermined rotational angle and a rotational direction of the rotary member.

9. A device according to claim 4, wherein

the display unit aligns and displays some of the selection candidates on the arc, and

the identification display control unit excludes, upon rotation of the rotary member, a selection candidate displayed at one end of the arc, and additionally displays a new selection candidate at the other end of the arc.

10. A device according to claim 4, wherein

the display unit displays a plurality of selection sub-candidates which belong to the identified selection target, along a second arc which is concentric with the arc and has a radial distance different from a radial distance of the arc, and identifies and displays a selection target of the plurality of selection sub-candidates, and

the identification display control unit controls the change of the selection target along the second arc, on the basis of rotation of the rotary member.

11. A device according to claim 4, which further comprises a main body including a housing unit which houses the display unit, the rotary member, and the identification display control unit, and in which

the display unit is configured to be housed in the housing unit, and when the display unit is housed in the housing, the display unit is configured not to have a concentric relationship between the arc and the rotary member.

12. An electronic device comprising:

a display unit configured to align and display a plurality of selection candidates on a ring, and identify and display a selection target of the plurality of selection candidates;

a rotary member arranged on a surface which is parallel to a display surface of the plurality of selection candidates displayed on the ring; and

an identification display control unit configured to control a change of the selection target among the plurality of selection candidates aligned on the ring on the basis of rotation of the rotary member.

13. A device according to claim 12, wherein

on the basis of a first condition, the display unit aligns and displays the plurality of selection candidates on the ring and identifies and displays the selection target of the plurality of selection candidates, and, on the basis of a second condition, the display unit aligns and displays the plurality of selection candidates on the arc, and identifies and displays a selection target of the plurality of selection candidates,

the rotary member is arranged substantially concentrically with the arc, and

the identification display control unit controls a change of the selection target along the plurality of selection candidates aligned on the ring and the arc on the basis of rotation of the rotary member.

16. A device according to claim 13, wherein

depending on the number of the selection candidates, the display unit selectively switches between a first display mode in which all the plurality of selection candidates are aligned and displayed on the ring and a second display mode in which a predetermined number of selection candidates are aligned and displayed on the arc,

the first display mode identifies and displays one of the plurality of selection candidates aligned on the ring upon rotation of the rotary member, and

upon rotation of the rotary member, the second display mode excludes a selection candidate displayed at one end of the arc, additionally displays a new selection candidate at the other end of the arc, and identifies and displays one of the predetermined number of selection candidates aligned on the arc as the selection target.

17. An electronic device comprising:

a rotary member;

a display unit configured to display a setting, and indicate that the setting can be changed by rotation of the rotary member; and

a setting change control unit configured to change the setting upon rotation of the rotary member.

18. A device according to claim 17, wherein the display unit displays an image of the rotary member at a position corresponding to the display of the setting.