Apparatus and method for shooting a moving image and a still image simultaneously

• US 8,330,850 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2009
• Issued: 12/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Miura, Hiroya
• Primary Examiner(s): Ye, Lin
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHEN, CHIA WEI A
• Application Number:
  US12/403,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20090231454A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,370 Days
• Field of Search: 348/220.1, 348/221.1, 348345-356
• US Class Current: 348/346
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 based on recognised objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/675 comprising setting of focusing regions

Abstract

An imaging apparatus provided with a function of shooting a moving image and a still image, and capable of displaying an image to be captured on a display unit includes a first display control unit configured to display an confirmation image for checking an in-focus state on the display unit when a moving image is shot; and a second display control unit configured to change the confirmation image for checking an in-focus state displayed on the display unit by the first display control unit when a still image is shot during moving image shooting.

Claims

1. An imaging apparatus including a function of shooting a still image in movie image shooting mode, and capable of displaying an image to be captured on a display unit, the imaging apparatus comprising:

a first display control unit configured to display a confirmation image for checking an in-focus state on the display unit when a moving image is shot in the movie image shooting mode, wherein the confirmation image defines a first contour of an entire object within the moving image; and

a second display control unit configured to change the confirmation image for checking an in-focus state displayed on the display unit by the first display control unit when a still image is shot in the moving image shooting mode, wherein the changed confirmation image defines a second contour of the object and the second contour defines an area that is smaller than an area defined by the first contour.

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second contour defines an area that is more focused than the first contour.

3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second contour defines an area with a highest detected value of the in-focus state in the still image.

4. A method for controlling an imaging apparatus including a function of shooting a still image in movie image shooting mode, and capable of displaying an image to be captured on a display unit, the method comprising:

displaying a confirmation image for checking an in-focus state on the display unit when a moving image is shot in the movie image shooting mode, wherein the confirmation image defines a first contour of an entire object within the moving image; and

changing the confirmation image displayed on the display unit when a still image is shot in the moving image shooting mode, wherein the changed confirmation image defines a second contour of the object and the second contour defines an area that is smaller than an area defined by the first contour.