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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2010
Koichi Shintani, Hachioji, JP;
Yoko Saito, Hachioji, JP;
Osamu Nonaka, Sagamihara, JP;
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device includes an imaging unit that takes an image; a display unit that displays the image taken by the imaging unit and displays a menu of selectable modes in accordance with a change in a position of the imaging device; and an operation detecting unit that detects a position or a direction of an operation applied to the imaging device. The imaging device also includes a control unit that determines the position or the direction of the operation detected by the operation detecting unit and performs control to switch a mode in accordance with a correspondence between the position or the direction of the operation and the menu displayed on the display unit.