Patent ID: 6812971
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An electronic camera system comprising:an electronic camera, and a camera stand which includes a power supplying section for supplying power to said electronic camera, when said electronic camera is mounted on said camera stand, wherein said electronic camera has an exterior shape capable of being mounted on said camera stand, wherein said camera stand has an exterior shape which enables said electronic camera to be mounted thereon in one of a first direction in which a front of the camera faces a front of the camera stand and a second direction in which a back of the camera faces a front of the camera stand, and wherein said electronic camera can be mounted on said camera stand either in the first direction in which the front of the camera faces the front of the camera stand or in the second direction in which the back of the camera faces the front of the camera stand, and includes: a plurality of operation modes, a direction sensing section which senses whether said electronic camera is mounted on said camera stand in said first direction or said second direction, and a control section which selects a specific operation mode from said plurality of operation modes according to the mounting direction of the electronic camera sensed by said direction sensing section.