Patent ID: 8253837
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus for capturing the image of a subject, comprising: a display unit adapted to display a menu screen which is for setting at least a function of the image capturing apparatus; a setting unit adapted to set a locked state in which operation of the image capturing apparatus is locked or set an unlocked state in which the operation of the image capturing apparatus is unlocked; a designation unit adapted to designate a main item and a sub-item as items that are operable in the locked state or a main item and a sub-item as items that are not operable in the locked state from a plurality of items which are selectable in the menu screen, wherein the sub-item is a setting item in a layer lower than that of the main item; a display control unit adapted to control said display unit to display the menu screen such that a user cannot select the items that are designated by said designation unit as items that are not operable in the locked state and that the user can select the items that are designated by said designation unit as items that are operable in the locked state, when the locked state is set by said setting unit; and a control unit adapted to control selection of the items in the menu screen controlled by said display control unit and execution of a release operation of the image capturing apparatus, when the locked state is set by said setting unit.