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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2012
Makoto Kameyama, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Yoshida, Fujisawa, JP;
Makoto Kameyama, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Yoshida, Fujisawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a multiple-exposure imaging operation, an imaging apparatus performs an information display according to an appropriate display type considering imaging conditions. The imaging apparatus includes a display type setting unit configured to set any one of a plurality of display types as a display type for an information display to be displayed together with a through image, a mode setting unit to set a multiple-exposure imaging mode, perform a control, when the multiple-exposure imaging mode is set and an image to be multiple-composited with the through image can be acquired, to change to a display type dedicated to the multiple-exposure imaging mode for displaying at least one of the number of multiple-exposure image capturing scheduled images, the number of multiple-exposure image capturing completed images, the number of images remaining to reach the number of multiple-exposure image capturing scheduled images, and an icon indicating that the multiple-exposure imaging mode is set.