US 12,273,616 B2
Imaging apparatus and display control method thereof
Miho Akita, Tokyo (JP); Kazuyuki Marukawa, Kanagawa (JP); and Sho Tanaka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/199,617.
Application 18/199,617 is a continuation of application No. 17/491,928, filed on Oct. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,696,016.
Application 17/491,928 is a continuation of application No. 16/246,635, filed on Jan. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,223,770, issued on Jan. 11, 2022.
Application 16/246,635 is a continuation of application No. 15/585,754, filed on May 3, 2017, granted, now 10,225,477, issued on Mar. 5, 2019.
Application 15/585,754 is a continuation of application No. 14/597,527, filed on Jan. 15, 2015, granted, now 9,674,446, issued on Jun. 6, 2017.
Application 14/597,527 is a continuation of application No. 13/658,154, filed on Oct. 23, 2012, granted, now 8,977,101, issued on Mar. 10, 2015.
Application 13/658,154 is a continuation of application No. 12/589,206, filed on Oct. 20, 2009, granted, now 8,325,264, issued on Dec. 4, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 2008-284294 (JP), filed on Nov. 5, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2023/0291997 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 5/77 (2006.01); G03B 13/04 (2021.01); G03B 17/02 (2021.01); G03B 19/02 (2021.01); H04N 5/91 (2006.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/65 (2023.01); H04N 9/80 (2006.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/63 (2023.01) [G03B 13/04 (2013.01); G03B 17/02 (2013.01); G03B 19/02 (2013.01); H04N 5/772 (2013.01); H04N 5/91 (2013.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/651 (2023.01); H04N 23/673 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
an image sensor;
an imaging lens;
a first display comprising a portion of a first side of the imaging apparatus;
a second display comprising a portion of a second side of the imaging apparatus, the first side and the second side forming opposite surfaces of the imaging apparatus, the first side of the imaging apparatus being a subject side of the imaging apparatus, and the second side of the imaging apparatus being a user side of the imaging apparatus; and
a processor configured to control the first display and the second display to switch from a first display state to a second display state, wherein in the first display state a recorded image is displayed on the first display and not on the second display, and in the second display state the first display is off, and to control the first display and the second display to switch to a third display state in which a first monitoring image is displayed on the first display while a second monitoring image, different from the first monitoring image, is displayed on the second display such that a viewer cannot view the first monitoring image and second monitoring image at the same time,
Wherein, in the third display state, the first monitoring image and the second monitoring image are images having the same field of view but different display characteristics.