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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2010
Wataru Sugawara, Yokohama, JP;
Wataru Sugawara, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a present date and time information obtaining device to obtain present date-time information at a time performing a present photographing operation, a last date-time information recording device to record last date-time information at a time performing a last photographing operation, an image number counting device to compare the present and last date-time information when performing the present photographing operation and to newly count a number of photographed subject images when the present date-time information is not within the predetermined period from the last date-time information and to continuously count the number of photographed subject images when the present date and time information is within the predetermined period from the last date-time information, and a displaying unit having an exit screen displayed when the imaging apparatus is turned off and to display the number of the photographed subject images on the exit screen.