Patent ID: 7349021
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a body provided with an imaging section for image-capturing; a recording section for storing image data of an image captured by the imaging section into a recording medium; a display panel enabled for tilting movement provided by a tilting structure of the body; operation buttons provided on the display panel; a detector for detecting tilting displacement of the display panel; a data buffer for temporarily storing the image data; and a controller for: performing an operation mode corresponding to an instruction entered by an operation button when a shifting of an operation mode is instructed; temporarily storing the image data using the data buffer; monitoring the tilting displacement of the display panel by the detection means; canceling the shifting of the operation mode when the tilting displacement of the display panel is detected within a predetermined time period; and returning the operation mode to an original operation mode.