Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Yoichi Osada

Takashi Miyazaki

Koichi Odagaki

Hidetoshi Kei

Jiro Yamamoto

Kenya Nishiwaki

An imaging device includes a composite display device capable of switching between an electronic viewfinder function and a sighting device function. The composite display device includes an eye window and an object window, an organic EL panel that displays a sighting mark that is an indicator, and a photochromic mirror that is a reflective optical element for guiding the indicator to the eye window. A determination unit determines a subject, and a distance-measuring unit measures a distance to the subject. A body control unit controls the organic EL panel, and a photochromic mirror control unit controls a state and a shape of the photochromic mirror. The body control unit performs control for adjusting the projected position of the sighting mark on the basis of distance information of the subject.

Display device, control method therefor, and imaging device

An image pickup apparatus capable of constantly providing a photographer with an appropriate display image even when a posture of the image pickup apparatus is changed is provided. An image pickup device and a main body including a display are connected by a hinge member rotatably about at least one axis. A first detector detects a rotation phase of the image pickup device about the one axis with respect to the main body. A second detector detects a posture of the image pickup device. A display controller performs a vertical inversion of a display of an image picked up by the image pickup device on the display in accordance with a detection result of the first detector and the second detector.

Image pickup apparatus including display device capable of providing an appropriate display image and control method therefor

A display apparatus includes an image display element, an eyepiece portion, an object window, and a reflection optical element disposed at a position between the eyepiece portion and the object window, the reflection optical element being configured to guide a picture displayed on the image display element to the eyepiece portion. The reflection optical element changes a state to a first state and a second state by changing a transmittance. In the first state, the picture displayed on the image display element is viewed via the eyepiece portion. In the second state, an image in which an image from the object window and an image displayed on the image display element are superimposed is viewed via the eyepiece portion.

Display apparatus and image pickup apparatus

An electronic apparatus includes a main unit, a first display unit, and a second display unit. The first display unit is slidable with respect to the main body unit. When the main body unit and the first display unit are overlapped, the main body unit houses the second display unit in an area where the main body unit and the first display unit are overlapped. The second display unit moves to an area where the first display unit is not existed by a slide of the first display unit with respect to the main body unit and protrudes from an inside of the main body unit.

Electronic apparatus

An image pickup apparatus that is capable of switching a display device that is used to display appropriately. A first display device at a rear face of a body of the apparatus and is rotatable upward around a first rotation axis. A second display device has an eyepiece and is movable between a housing position and a use position. A first sensor detects whether the eyepiece is in the use position. A second sensor detects approaching of an object to the eyepiece. A controller controls the first and second display devices based on detection results of the first and second sensors. The controller enables predetermined control set in association with the detection result of the second sensor when the first sensor detects that the eyepiece is in the use position and disables the predetermined control when the first sensor detects that the eyepiece is not in the use position.

Image pickup apparatus equipped with plurality of display devices

A rotatable operating member which reduces manufacturing costs and prevents false detection of a rotation angle has a member and a sheet. The member has a circumferential surface, and the sheet is fixed to the circumferential surface of the member. A reflectivity of a surface of the sheet is different from a reflectivity of the circumferential surface of the member. The sheet has a plurality of holes with width A formed side by side in a circumferential direction and the sheet is fixed such that a gap with width A is provided between both ends of the sheet in the circumferential direction. A part of the circumferential surface is regularly exposed from the holes and the gap in a circumferential direction of the member.

Rotatable operating member and electronic device having the same

An electronic device comprising a front cover which covers a front face excluding an aperture of an apparatus in a fixed state to the apparatus, a barrier cover configured to cover the aperture, an attachment unit which attaches the barrier cover to the front cover so that the barrier cover can move, and a locking unit that locks the front cover in a forward protruding state when the barrier cover is in an open state, attachment unit positions the barrier cover at a first position when the barrier cover is in a closed state, and guides the barrier cover to a second position protruding forward from the front cover, and then guides the barrier cover to a third position at which the barrier cover is locked by the locking unit, and moving the barrier cover from the third position.

Electronic device

A light transmitting operating member includes a first member having a first transmittance, a second member having a second transmittance greater than the first transmittance, wherein the first member has such a shape that the second member can be inserted into the first member, and the first member includes a compression member for pressing a switch member, and wherein the second member is inserted into the first member.

Light transmitting operating member

Electronic apparatus that can be disposed in a small space and allows multidirectional input without impairment of a click feeling. A cross key including a plurality of pins is elastically held by an operating member holding mat including a plurality of holes into which the respective pins are insertable. An analog switch overlapped on the operating member holding mat outputs a signal when one of the pins comes into direct contact with the analog switch in response to operation of the cross key. A metallic dome sheet overlapped on the analog switch outputs a signal when one of the pins comes into contact with the metallic dome sheet via the analog switch in response to operation of the cross key. The metallic dome sheet outputs a signal after the analog switch outputs a signal.

Electronic equipment capable of removing a stain etc. formed on an electrode surface of a battery is disclosed. The electronic equipment comprises a battery chamber which houses a battery, and a battery contact member which is provided in the battery chamber and includes a contact portion contacting the battery housed in the battery chamber. Here, the contact portion is formed by bending a part of the battery contact member so as to protrude from the battery contact member and to have curvature. In a case where the battery is housed in the battery chamber, the contact portion moves while contacting the battery depending on movement of the battery in a direction in which the battery is housed.

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Yokohama, Japan

Yoichi Osada