Patent ID: 7034881
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera for recording a captured image on a recording medium in accordance with an instruction from a recording instruction device, the camera comprising: an imaging part provided with an imaging optical system and an imaging device; an image capturing device for capturing an image of a field by the imaging part; a display part for showing an image captured by the imaging capturing device; a touch panel provided over the display part; a positional information acquiring device for determining a touched portion of the touch panel; a principal subject determining device for determining a principal subject in the captured image shown on the display part in accordance with the determined touched portion; and a principal subject position recorder for recording, on the recording medium, principal subject positional information representing the position of the determined principal subject in the captured image when the captured image is recorded on the recording medium in accordance with the instruction from the recording instruction device, wherein a still image is recorded on the recording medium, with the positional information of the principal subject, after the principal subject is determined.