Patent ID: 8634013
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to output an image signal; a detection unit configured to detect a coordinate of a contact position of an instructing body with respect to a display unit which displays an image based on the image signal; and a control unit configured to acquire from the detection unit a starting point coordinate of a starting point which is a position where the instructing body comes into contact with the display unit and an end point coordinate of an end point which is a position where the instructing body moves to and loses contact with the display unit and, when one of the starting point coordinate and the end point coordinate is not at an end portion of a screen of the display unit, cause imaging assist information for assisting imaging to be displayed in the display unit such that the imaging assist information reaches at least two end portions of the screen, wherein the control unit gives an instruction to erase the imaging assist information from the display unit when the instructing body has performed a predetermined operation with respect to the imaging assist information displayed in the display unit.