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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1995
Nobuaki Sasagaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takashi Saegusa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display and method for selecting a control mode or an operational parameter of a camera utilizes a display screen located laterally adjacent a plurality of switches on the camera. During a first display condition, a plurality of control mode symbols are displayed on the display screen, each control mode symbol appearing adjacent a corresponding switch. Indicators on the display screen indicate which of the plurality of switches may by operated to select each control mode. During a second display condition, at least one operational parameter is displayed on the display screen. The indicators indicate which of the switches correspond to each displayed opertional parameter, and which of the switches to operate to change the displayed operational parameter. The indicators may also indicate how the displayed operational parameter will change upon operation of each of the switches.