Patent ID: 7414658
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an optical imaging unit that converts a currently viewed object image into object image data; a storage medium that stores sample image data corresponding to a plurality of sample images; an operating member that selects one of the plurality of sample images; a monitor that displays the currently viewed object image and the sample image based on the object image data and the sample image data, said monitor simultaneously displaying the sample image selected by said operating member and the currently viewed object image corresponding to the object image data, wherein said object image data is not yet stored on said storage medium; a switch that instructs the imaging apparatus to store the object image data obtained by said imaging unit on said storage medium that corresponds to the object image displayed by the monitor; and a control circuit that saves, in said storage medium, the object image data such that the object image data is associated with the sample image simultaneously displayed on said monitor with the currently viewed object image according to an operation of said switch.