Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Hiroyuki Kinemura

Motohiro Sasada

Kazuhisa Tashima

Takumi Kibushi

Takeshi Uchikawa

Kazuto Yoshii

Yasushi Obata

Shigeru Miki

Tadanori Fujiwara

Shinji Hioki

Yuji Kawahara

Emi Yamashita

Digital video camera

When displaying on a display () a plurality of thumbnails respectively corresponding to a plurality of image files selected from an external memory card (), the CPUdetermines whether each image file is a moving image file or a still image file, and creates an enlarged thumbnails by clipping the center of the thumbnail corresponding to the moving image file and enlarging it by an electronic zoom processing circuit (). Then, a first screen including the plurality of thumbnails and a second screen including the enlarged thumbnail in place of the thumbnail corresponding to the moving image file on the first screen are alternately displayed.

Display unit and display method

A display cabinet having a monitor is attached to a main cabinet serving as a handle portion so as to be overlapped with the main cabinet. The main cabinet and the display cabinet are pivotal within a plane generally perpendicular to the optical axis of a lens with one end of the main cabinet being connected to one end of the display cabinet. A soft lock device is provided between the main cabinet and the display cabinet for holding the display cabinet at a pivot position with respect to the main cabinet. The display cabinet has a pivot center axis which is aligned with the optical axis of the lens, and an image pickup device is located behind the lens. An operation button is provided on the main cabinet within the reach of a finger of a hand holding the main cabinet.

Foldable electronic image pickup apparatus

Digital camera

Combined video camera and tape recorder

Growing community of inventors

Hyogo, Japan

Hiroyuki Kinemura