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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2006
Kumiko Tsukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kumiko Tsukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a photographing mode selector allowing a user to select an interval photographing mode from among a plurality of predetermined photographing modes, a determining unit determining a range of selectable time intervals for interval photographing in accordance with the interval photographing mode selected by the photographing mode selector, a notifying unit notifying the user of the range of selectable time intervals determined by the determining unit, a time interval selector allowing the user to select a time interval for interval photographing in response to the notification of the notifying unit, and an interval photographing controller performing interval photographing on the basis of the interval photographing mode selected by the photographing mode selector and the time interval selected by the time interval selector.