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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1998
Hideaki Yoshida, Hachioji, JP;
Akio Terane, Sagamihara, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic camera comprises a photographing/reproducing changeover switch for switching the mode of the camera between a photographing mode and a reproducing mode, a menu switch for displaying a main operation menu which includes a plurality of items, an ascending order switch for increasing a numeral assigned to each of the items of the main operation menu, a descending order switch for decreasing a numeral assigned to each of the items of the main operation menu, an execution switch for executing an instruction item included in the main operation menu, a trigger switch for inputting an instruction to perform photographing and recording, a power switch for instructing turn-on and -off of a power, a superimposition switch for designating whether or not image data should be printed with supplementary data superimposed thereon, and a reversal switch for designating whether or not an image should be printed reversed.