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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2010
Michihiro Fujiyama, Kyotanabe, JP;
Masaaki Ueda, Katano, JP;
Michihiro Fujiyama, Kyotanabe, JP;
Masaaki Ueda, Katano, JP;
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-shi, JP;
Abstract
A video camera includes an image sensor for picking up an image of a subject and outputting a still image or a moving image, an operation accepting portion for accepting an operation by the user, and an image pickup control portion for, in response to the operation accepting portion accepting an operation of giving an instruction to pick up a moving image, controlling the image sensor to pick up an image under a predetermined condition for still images and thereafter allowing the image sensor to pick up an image under a predetermined condition for moving images, and for, in response to the operation accepting portion accepting an operation of giving an instruction to pick up a still image, controlling the image sensor to pick up an image under a predetermined condition for still images.