Patent ID: 7714926
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus, comprising: an imaging unit; a display; a storage configured to temporarily store an image signal output from the imaging unit and an image signal output to the display; an input unit configured to accept an operation input of a user; and a control unit configured to control writing and reading of the storage, the control unit also controlling a shooting mode configured to display a first image signal of an object currently being captured by the imaging unit on the display, a reproducing mode configured to display at least one previously captured second image signal on the display, and a shooting and reproducing co-existent mode configured to linearly display at least part of the first image signal and at least part of the second image signal on the display, the part of the first image signal displayed having a vertical dimension equal to a vertical dimension of the display, the part of the second image signal displayed having a vertical dimension smaller than the vertical dimension of the part of the first image signal displayed, wherein transitions from the shooting mode to the reproducing mode and from the reproducing mode to the shooting mode take place according to the operation of the input unit, and the transitions are intermediated by the shooting and reproducing co-existent mode.