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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshio Ohtsuka, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23203 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 1/326 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A digital camera includes a body that contains a CCD image sensor for capturing an object image, a monitor that is pivotably mounted relative to the body and displays an image signal relating to the object image captured by the CCD image sensor, a microphone, and a controller for changing sound pickup directivity of the microphone according to an orientation of the monitor relative to the body. This increases sound pickup sensitivity for voice-enabled shutter operation.