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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an imaging unit, including: a body; a display section provided on the body and pivotable on an axis on the body between a first state in which a display surface is oriented backward of the body and a second state in which the display surface is oriented forward of the body; and a display control section configured, when the display section is in the second state, to cause the display section to display a levelness indicator that indicates an inclination of the body, and to cause the display section to display predetermined shooting information inversely in top-bottom and left-right directions with respect to display directions of the predetermined shooting information on the display section in the first state.