Patent ID: 6518956
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image pick-up apparatus comprising:display means pivotally supported by a main unit of said image pick-up apparatus with respect to a vertical axis and rotatably supported by the main unit of said image pick-up apparatus with respect to a horizontal axis; orientation detecting means for detecting an orientation of a display screen of said display means with respect to the main unit of said image pick-up apparatus; contact-position detecting means mounted on the display screen of said display means, for detecting which part of the display screen is touched; memory means for storing relationships between coordinate positions of said contact-position detecting means and predetermined processing; and display control means for displaying an image on said display means based on a signal from said orientation detecting means, and upon detecting by said contact-position detecting means that a predetermined operating part is touched, for transforming the predetermined operating part into a coordinate position in said memory means according to the signal from said orientation detecting means, thereby performing the predetermined processing.