Patent ID: 8400559
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a driving source; a driving member configured to be driven by the driving source if the imaging apparatus is brought into an imaging state from a non-imaging state, and if the imaging apparatus is brought into the non-imaging state from the imaging state; and a light emitting portion configured to move between an in-use state and a stored state, wherein a first cam and a second cam which can engage with the light emitting portion are formed in the driving member, and if the imaging apparatus is brought into the imaging state from the non-imaging state when the light emitting portion and the first cam are engaged with each other, the driving member is driven by the driving source and the light emitting portion moves from the stored state to the in-use state, whereas if the imaging apparatus is brought into the non-imaging state from the imaging state when the light emitting portion and the first cam are engaged with each other, the driving member is driven by the driving source and the light emitting portion moves from the in-use state to the stored state, wherein if a user moves the light emitting portion from the in-use state into the stored state by a manual operation when the light emitting portion and the first cam are engaged with each other and the light emitting portion is in the in-use state, the light emitting portion releases engagement with the first cam and engages with the second cam, and wherein if the imaging apparatus is brought into the non-imaging state from the imaging state when the light emitting portion and the second cam are engaged with each other, the light emitting portion maintains the stored state while the driving member is driven by the driving source.