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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Shibuno, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 17/04 (2006.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); G03B 17/04 (2013.01); H04N 5/23203 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging device includes an imaging unit that captures light which is formed into an image through an optical system capable of housing a lens with operating force by a user; an operating unit operated by the user; a display unit that displays an image; and a controller that is capable of setting a playback mode which is an operating mode to display on the display unit an image represented by image data stored in a storage medium, and an operating mode other than the playback mode, and that sets the playback mode when the lens is housed, regardless of whether or not operation to set the playback mode has been accepted through the operating unit.