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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2000
Yoshio Nakagawa, Sakai, JP;
Tatsuro Izumi, Hashimoto, JP;
Yoshiyuki Inoue, Izumi, JP;
Daigo Yoshioka, Toyonaka, JP;
Hisanori Itoh, Sakai, JP;
Shoichi Minato, Sakai, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A digital camera comprises an electronic view finder (EVF) for electronically displaying an image of a subject and a movable monitor. The movable monitor is slidable along guide grooves and movable between a first position in which the EVF is covered with the movable monitor and a second position in which the EVF is not covered. By a sensor for position detection, when it is detected that the movable monitor is in the first position, no image is displayed on the EVF but an image is displayed on the movable monitor. When it is detected that the movable monitor is in the second position, no image is displayed on the movable monitor but an image is displayed on the EVF. Consequently, power can be saved, and when the movable monitor is in the first position, adhesion of dusts and dirt onto the display face of the EVF can be decreased.