Patent ID: 6072960
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera for displaying date information in a plurality of display patterns, said camera comprising:memory means for storing a plurality of display patterns of date information, said memory means storing a first display pattern of the plurality of display patterns as a home position;a first switch for storing a displayed display pattern as the home position;display means for displaying the first display pattern of date information stored as the home position in said memory means in preference to other display patterns of date information;switch actuation determining means for determining whether said first switch is actuated while any one of the display patterns of date information is displayed by said display means;memory control means for controlling said memory means to store, when said switch actuation determining means determines that said first switch is actuated, the display pattern of date information displayed at that time as the home positionsa second switch for sequentially switching display of the plurality of display patterns of date information and for returning to a display of the first display pattern; anda third switch for entering special information, different from date information, when the special information is displayed by said display means, wherein said display means switches from display of the special information to display of the first display pattern in response to a single actuation of said second switch after the special information is programmed.