Patent ID: 9736359
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: at least one non-transitory memory device: at least one processor; a detection unit that detects a state of a subject; a determining unit that determines a shooting framerate, a frame recording ratio, and a shooting time based on the state of the subject; a shooting unit that shoots a moving image at the determined shooting framerate over the determined shooting time and that records the moving image in accordance with the determined recording ratio, a receiving unit that receives a shooting start instruction; and a display device that notifies a user, in response to the shooting start instruction, that moving image is being shot by the shooting unit, wherein in a case where the shooting time determined by the determining unit is less than a threshold time, the display device continues a constant notification until the threshold time elapses regardless of whether or not a moving image is being shot by the shooting unit, and wherein the detection unit, the determining unit, the shooting unit, and the receiving unit are implemented by the at least one processor executing at least one program recorded on the at least one non-transitory memory device.