IMAGING APPARATUS

• US 20090195686A1
• Filed: 01/27/2009
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Shintani, Dai
• Granted Patent: US 8,264,585 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.11
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/64 Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image

Abstract

An imaging apparatus capable of readily specifying undesirable photographing parameters from auto photographing parameters. This apparatus includes: a parameter determining section that determines a plurality of photographing parameters to set when a subject is photographed; a parameter setting section that sets each value of part of the plurality of determined photographing parameters; a moving image acquiring section that acquires a moving image using the part of set photographing parameters; a display section that displays the acquired moving image; an evaluation button that evaluates the photographing parameters; and a parameter changing section that, when the evaluation button is operated while the moving image is displayed, changes at least one of values of the part of set photographing parameters.

Claims

1. An imaging apparatus comprising:

a parameter determining section that determines a plurality of photographing parameters to set when a subject is photographed;

a parameter setting section that sets each value of part of the plurality of determined photographing parameters;

a moving image acquiring section that acquires a moving image using the part of set photographing parameters;

a display section that displays the acquired moving image;

an evaluation button that evaluates the photographing parameters; and

a parameter changing section that, when the evaluation button is operated while the moving image is displayed, changes at least one of values of the part of set photographing parameters.

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storing section that stores a value of a photographing parameter before or after the photographing parameter changed by the parameter changing section changes,

wherein the parameter setting section sets the value of the photographing parameter based on the value of the photographing parameter before or after the photographing parameter stored in the storing section changes.

3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in case where a shutter button is half-pressed, when the evaluation button is operated while the moving image is displayed, the parameter changing section changes the at least one of values of the part of set photographing parameters.

4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, when a shutter button is fully pressed after the evaluation button is operated, the storing section stores the value of the photographing parameter after the photographing parameter changed when the evaluation button is operated changes.

5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:

when the shutter button is fully pressed, the parameter setting section sets values of a rest of photographing parameters in the plurality of determined photographing parameters; and

the imaging apparatus further comprises an imaging section that photographs the subject using the part of set photographing parameters or the changed photographing parameters and the rest of set photographing parameters.

6. The imaging apparatus according to claim 5, wherein:

the display section displays an image photographed by the imaging section; and

when the evaluation button is operated while the photographed image is displayed, the parameter changing section changes the at least one of the values of the rest of set photographing parameters.

7. The imaging apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a selection operating section that receives an operation of selecting photographing parameters to evaluate from the part of photographing parameters and/or from the rest of photographing parameters after the shutter button is half-pressed and/or fully pressed.