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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2009
Yoichi Sugino, Osaka, JP;
Yoichi Sugino, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus has an optical system that forms an optical image of a subject field and can vary a magnification of the optical image; an imaging section that converts the optical image formed by the optical system, into an electrical image signal; a display section that displays an image taken by the imaging section; a subject detecting section that detects a main subject in the image taken by the imaging section; a framing controlling section that controls framing based on information about a position of the main subject detected in the subject detecting section; a controlling section that selectively executes one of a first framing support mode that presents on the display section a display that supports the framing based on the information about the position of the main subject detected in the subject detecting section, and a second framing support mode that operates the framing controlling section based on the information about the position of the main subject detected in the subject detecting section; and a switching section that switches between the first framing support mode and the second framing support mode.