Image pickup apparatus with operating member having first and second positions for image pickup and reproduction modes and with a forced third position when not operated by a user
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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:
- a first operation member which is operable toward a first position corresponding to the first mode, and is operable toward a second position corresponding to the second mode, and further itself is automatically forced to be suppressed to a third position different from each of the first position and the second position when said first operation member is not operated by a user;
a second operation member different from said first operation member; and
a control unit, which effects control of said image pickup apparatus so as to make said image pickup apparatus active in accordance with the mode corresponding to the position to which said first operation member is operated to one of the first position and the second position, if said first operation member is operated when said image pickup apparatus is in a non-active state, switch over the mode of said image pickup apparatus to the mode corresponding to the position to which said first operation member is operated, if said first operation member is operated to one of the first position and the second position when said image pickup apparatus is in an active state and the current mode of said image pickup apparatus is different from the mode corresponding to the position to which said first operation member is operated, and make said image pickup apparatus shift from the active state to the non-active state if said second operation member is operated when said image pickup apparatus is in the active state and said first operation member is positioned at the third position.
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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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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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a first operation member which is operable toward a first position corresponding to the first mode, and is operable toward a second position corresponding to the second mode, and further itself is automatically forced to be suppressed to a third position different from each of the first position and the second position when said first operation member is not operated by a user; a second operation member different from said first operation member; and a control unit, which effects control of said image pickup apparatus so as to make said image pickup apparatus active in accordance with the mode corresponding to the position to which said first operation member is operated to one of the first position and the second position, if said first operation member is operated when said image pickup apparatus is in a non-active state, switch over the mode of said image pickup apparatus to the mode corresponding to the position to which said first operation member is operated, if said first operation member is operated to one of the first position and the second position when said image pickup apparatus is in an active state and the current mode of said image pickup apparatus is different from the mode corresponding to the position to which said first operation member is operated, and make said image pickup apparatus shift from the active state to the non-active state if said second operation member is operated when said image pickup apparatus is in the active state and said first operation member is positioned at the third position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. 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 recorded image that image pickup apparatus having a first operation member which is operable toward a first position corresponding to the first mode, and is operable toward a second position corresponding to the second mode, and further itself is automatically forced to be suppressed to a third position different from each of the first position and the second position when said first operation member is not operated by a user and a second operation member is different from said first operation member, said control method comprising:
a control step effecting control of said image pickup apparatus so as to make said image pickup apparatus active in accordance with the mode corresponding to the position to which said first operation member is operated, if said first operation member is operated to one of the first position and the second position when said image pickup apparatus is in a non-active state, switch over the mode of said image pickup apparatus to the mode corresponding to the position to which said first operation member is operated, if said first operation member is operated to one of the first position and the second position when said image pickup apparatus is in an active state and the current mode of said image pickup apparatus is different from the mode corresponding to the position which said first operation member is operated, and make said image pickup apparatus shift from the active state to the non-active state if said second operation member is operated when said image pickup apparatus is in the active state and said first operation member is positioned at the third position. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. An image pickup apparatus including a first image pickup mode for picking up an object image, a second image pickup mode for picking up an object image, a first image reproduce mode for reproducing a recorded image and a second image reproduce mode for reproducing a recorded image, said apparatus comprising:
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a first operation member which is operable toward a first position corresponding to the first and second image pickup mode, and is operable toward a second position corresponding to the first and second image reproduce mode, and further itself is automatically forced to be suppressed to a third position different from each of the first position and the second position when said operation member is not operated by a user; a second operation member different from said first operation member; a control unit which controls mode switching of said image pickup apparatus so as to switch over the mode thereof between the first pickup mode and the second pickup mode if said first operation member is operated to the first position when said image pickup apparatus is in one of the first image pickup mode and the second image pickup mode, switch over the mode of said image pickup apparatus to one of the first image reproducing mode and the second image reproducing mode if said first operation member is operated to the second position when said image pickup apparatus is in one of the first image pickup mode and the second image pickup mode, switch over the mode of said image pickup apparatus between the first image reproducing mode and the second image reproducing mode if said first operation member is operated to the second position when said image pickup apparatus is in one of the first image reproducing mode and the second image reproducing mode, switch over the mode of said image pickup apparatus to one of the first image pickup mode and the second image pickup mode if said first operation member is operated to the first position when said image pickup apparatus is in one of the first image reproducing mode and the second image reproducing mode, and make said image pickup apparatus shift from the active state into the non-active state if said second operation member is operated when said image pickup apparatus is in the active state and said first operation member is positioned at the third position.
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7. A control method of an image pickup apparatus including a first image pickup mode for picking up an object image, a second image pickup mode for picking up an object image, a first image reproduce mode for reproducing a recorded image and a second image reproduce mode for reproducing a recorded image that image pickup apparatus having a first operation member which is operable toward a first position corresponding to the first mode, and is operable toward a second position corresponding to the second mode, and further itself is automatically forced to be suppressed to a third position different from each of the first position and the second position when said operation member is not operated by a user and a second operation member different from said first operation member, said control method comprising:
the step of controlling mode switching of said image pickup apparatus so as to switch over the mode thereof between the first pickup mode and the second pickup mode if said first operation member is operated to the first position when said image pickup apparatus is in one of the first image pickup mode and the second image pickup mode, switch over the mode of said image pickup apparatus to one of the first image reproducing mode and the second image reproducing mode if said first operation member is operated to the second position when said image pickup apparatus is in one of the first image pickup mode and the second image pickup mode, switch over the mode of said image pickup apparatus between the first image reproducing mode and the second image reproducing mode if said first operation member is operated to the second position when said image pickup apparatus is in one of the first image reproducing mode and the second image reproducing mode, switch over the mode of said image pickup apparatus to one of the first image pickup mode and the second image pickup mode if said first operation member is operated to the first position when said image pickup apparatus is in one of the first image reproducing mode and the second image reproducing mode, and make said image pickup apparatus shift from the active state into the non-active state if said second operation member is operated when said image pickup apparatus is in the active state and said first operation member is positioned at the third position.
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