Patent ID: 8675110
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging element that receives subject light from a subject to generate image data; a recording image generation section that generates a recording image, which is an image to be recorded on a recording medium, on the basis of the image data generated by the imaging element in a case where a first mode is set; a display image generation section that generates a second display image, which allows display of a live-view image, on the basis of the image data generated by the imaging element in a case where a second mode is set, and that generates a first display image, which allows display of an image that is identical to the recording image, on the basis of the image data generated by the imaging element in the case where the first mode is set; a display section that sequentially displays the first display image or the second display image generated by the display image generation section; a detection section that detects a specific state which is a state of the imaging apparatus that obstructs recording of an imaging object onto the recording image; and a mode control section that performs mode switching control, in which switching is performed between the first mode and the second mode, on the basis of results of the detection performed by the detection section, wherein the mode control section performs control for switching from the first mode to the second mode at a timing when reading of the image data from the imaging element is terminated in the case where the first mode is set and wherein in the case where the control for switching from the first mode to the second mode is performed at the timing, the mode control section is operable to disable control for switching from the second mode to the first mode until a predetermined time elapses from the timing.