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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2004
Applicant:
Hidenori Hoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hidenori Hoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup unit, a recording unit for recording image data obtained by the image pickup unit on recording unit, a display unit for displaying images relating to the image data obtained by the image pickup unit, and a control unit for making different the luminance of images to be displayed on the display unit in standby mode during which the recording of image data by recording unit is stopped, from the luminance in recording mode during which the image data are being recorded by the recording unit.