Patent ID: 9172881
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera comprising: an optical viewfinder formed on the front of the camera and having an objective window facing a subject, an eyepiece window for looking at the subject seen through the objective window, and an eye sensor detecting that the eye of a user is looking at the eyepiece window; an operating member provided on an external portion of the camera; a touch sensor for detecting that the operating member has been touched when the eye sensor detects that the eye of the user is looking at the eyepiece window; a display unit for displaying an operating-member image, which represents said touched operating member, on a display screen in response to touching of said operating member sensed by said touch sensor; and a deflecting unit for introducing the operating-member image, which is displayed on the display screen of said display unit, to a position within a picture-taking zone of the eyepiece window.