Patent ID: 11934083
Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
an imaging optical system;
an imaging element configured to receive light transmitted through the imaging optical system to generate an electric signal;
a main body;
a display device provided on a back face of the main body and capable of displaying an image generated on the basis of the electric signal generated by the imaging element, the display device is a display device of a self light emitting type;
an electronic viewfinder provided inside the main body and capable of displaying the image generated on the basis of the electric signal generated by the imaging element;
an eyepiece part of the electronic viewfinder provided to a transmissive region of the display device;
a touch sensor is provided on the display device;
a plurality of proximity sensors arranged in respective positions different from each other on a back face of the main body; and
a microprocessor configured to determine whether a user is making eye contact according to a combination of detection of an approach of an object by the proximity sensors.