Imaging device, display control method, and program

• US 8,520,112 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2007
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kunou, Katsutoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Velez, Roberto
• Assistant Examiner(s): PRABHAKHER, PRITHAM DAVID
• Application Number:
  US11/908,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20090027539A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,401 Days
• Field of Search: 34833301-33302
• US Class Current: 348/333.01
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/18 Signals indicating condition of a camera member or suitability of light indicating depth of field G03B13/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• 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 image capturing apparatus including: a user input, which when operated causes a menu to be displayed; and display control means for displaying the menu upon press of the user input, the menu listing images representing all selectable set values in the order of being able to be selected by each press of the user input, and changing a highlighted one of the images by changing display positions of all the images listed in the menu every time the user input is pressed, wherein the display control means further displays an arrow between each of the images listed in the menu, each arrow indicating an order of being highlighted by each press of the user input between the images listed in the menu.

Claims

1. An image capturing apparatus comprising:

a user input, which when operated causes a menu to be displayed; and

display control means for displaying the menu upon press of the user input, the menu listing images representing selectable functions assignable to the user input, and changing a function assigned to the user input by changing display positions of all the images listed in the menu every time the user input is pressed,

wherein the display control means further displays an arrow between each of the images listed in the menu, each arrow indicating an order of being highlighted by each press of the user input,

the display control means further displays an explanation of the set value represented by the highlighted image in the form of text on the menu, said text not being displayed while the highlighted image is displayed during the changing of the display positions occurs in response to plural successive operations of the user input, and said text not being displayed until after a predetermined time has elapsed from a last one of the plural successive operations of the user input so that flickering of the text is not displayed.

2. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control means further displays different images as images representing selectable set values on the menu in accordance with a mode selected by a user.

3. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an image capturing lens.

4. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user input is a button.

5. A display control method of an image capturing apparatus provided with a user input capable of changing setting about shooting, the display control method comprising:

displaying a menu on a display screen in response to a press of the user input, the menu listing images representing selectable functions assignable to the user input, and changing a function assigned to the user input by changing display positions of all the images listed in the menu every time the user input is pressed;

displaying, on the display screen, an arrow between each of the images listed in the menu, each arrow indicating an order of being highlighted by each press of the user input; and

displaying an explanation of the set value represented by the highlighted image in the form of text on the menu, said text not being displayed while the highlighted image is displayed during the changing of the display positions occurs in response to plural successive operations of the user input, and said text not being displayed until after a predetermined time has elapsed from a last one of the plural successive operations of the user input so that flickering of the text is not displayed.

6. The display control method of claim 5, wherein the user input is a button.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a display control method of an image capturing apparatus provided with a user input capable of changing setting about shooting, the method comprising:

displaying a menu on a display screen in response to a press of the user input, the menu listing images representing selectable functions assignable to the user input, and changing a function assigned to the user input by changing display positions of all the images listed in the menu every time the user input is pressed;

displaying, on the display screen, an arrow between each of the images listed in the menu, each arrow indicating an order of being highlighted by each press of the user input; and

displaying an explanation of the set value represented by the highlighted image in the form of text on the menu, said text not being displayed while the highlighted image is displayed during the changing of the display positions occurs in response to plural successive operations of the user input, and said text not being displayed until after a predetermined time has elapsed from a last one of the plural successive operations of the user input so that flickering of the text is not displayed.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the user input is a button.

9. An image capturing apparatus comprising:

a user input, which when operated causes a menu to be displayed; and

a display controller that displays the menu upon press of the user input, the menu listing images representing selectable functions assignable to the user input, and changing a function assigned to the user input by changing display positions of all the images listed in the menu every time the user input is pressed,

wherein the display controller further displays an arrow between each of the images listed in the menu, each arrow indicating an order of being highlighted by each press of the user input, and

the display controller further displays an explanation of the set value represented by the highlighted image in the form of text on the menu, said text not being displayed while the highlighted image is displayed during the changing of the display positions occurs in response to plural successive operations of the user input and said text not being displayed until after a predetermined time has elapsed from a last one of the plural successive operations of the user input so that flickering of the text is not displayed.

10. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising an image capturing lens.

11. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the user input is a button.