Patent ID: 9521327
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit; a recording control unit configured to perform control to record an image captured by the image capturing unit on a recording medium; a display unit configured to display the image; a detection unit configured to detect information about ambient brightness of the image capturing apparatus; and a control unit configured to: (1) perform control to change brightness of the display unit based on a detection result by the detection unit when the image capturing apparatus is in a predetermined state among states in which the recording control unit does not perform control to record the image captured by the image capturing unit; and (2) perform control to prevent the change of the brightness of the display unit based on a detection result by the detection unit from brightness having been changed based on the information about ambient brightness detected before starting of image recording when the recording control unit performs control to record the image captured by the image capturing unit.