US 12,323,697 B2
Imaging device and imaging method
Masanobu Ito, Tokyo (JP); Jun Aoyama, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroki Watanabe, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/906,646
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/005520
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 19, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/192724, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-053687 (JP), filed on Mar. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0133045 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/63 (2023.01); G03B 17/14 (2021.01); H04N 23/65 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/633 (2023.01) [G03B 17/14 (2013.01); H04N 23/631 (2023.01); H04N 23/651 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device, comprising:
an image sensor configured to capture an image;
a barrel body;
a camera body attached to the barrel body;
a lens barrel that includes:
a collapsible barrel that includes a barrel; and
a first central processing unit (CPU) configured to detect a specific state of the imaging device, wherein
the specific state of the imaging device corresponds to one of a stored state of the barrel or an extended state of the barrel,
the barrel is configured to hold at least one lens,
the barrel is in one of the stored state or the extended state based on a first operation of a user,
in the stored state of the barrel, the imaging device is in a standby state for at least a first period of time,
in the extended state of the barrel, the imaging device is in the standby state for at least a second period of time different from the first period of time, and
the first period of time is shorter than the second period of time;
a display device configured to display setting information, wherein
the setting information indicates the stored state of the barrel; and
a second CPU configured to control the display of the setting information based on the stored state of the barrel.