Patent ID: 7999859
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. a digital camera comprising: a storage unit which includes a memory area to sequentially and temporarily store moving image data comprising a series of frames; a display control unit which generates an image signal from the series of frames in the memory area to display a series of images as a moving image on a display; and a control unit which responsive to a still image capture instruction signal to be input when the series of images is being displayed as the moving image, on the display as a moving image, assigns part of captures a single frame stored in the memory area, the single frame corresponding to one of the series of images on the display when the still image capture instruction signal is input, so as to maintain the captured single frame in the memory area to, instructs said display control unit to display on the display a still image from the captured single frame stored in the memory assigned area together with the moving image and instructs said display control unit to stop display on the display the still image together with the moving image if still image capture instruction signal is not inputted after a predetermined time, wherein when the single frame is captured, the storage unit sequentially and temporarily overwrites previous moving image data with subsequent moving image data in the memory area other than an area where the captured single frame is maintained.