Patent ID: 9191571
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capture apparatus comprising: a scene estimate unit that sequentially estimates a photographic scene; a scene setting unit that, based on the photographic scene sequentially estimated, sequentially sets a photographic scene that serves as a basis for judging a photographic condition; a scene display unit that, based on the photographic scene sequentially set, sequentially displays scene identification information indicating the photographic scene being set; an update condition control unit that controls, for each photographic scene, an update condition for determining an update timing of the photographic scene set by the scene setting unit or an update timing of the photographic scene displayed by the scene display unit; a detection unit that sequentially detects states of a plurality of judgment items used for judging a photographic scene; and a judgment item display unit that displays on a live view screen of a display unit, while sequentially updating, a detected state of a portion of judgment items that serve as a target of a state display from among the plurality of judgment items; wherein the scene estimate unit sequentially estimates the photographic scene by comparing the states of a plurality of judgment items that are sequentially detected by the detection unit with a judgment condition of each photographic scene, and wherein the update condition control unit changes, for each photographic scene, an update condition so that a photographic scene having a judgment condition with higher relevancy with a state of a portion of the judgment items that serve as a target for the state display is updated more quickly.