Patent ID: 8711279
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic camera comprising: an imaging part for capturing an image of a subject; a monitor with a screen for displaying the image obtained through the imaging part; and a touch panel arranged over the monitor, wherein the screen includes an area that displays the image and the screen includes an area that does not display the image, at least a portion of the area that does not display the image being covered and hidden by a hand gripping the electronic camera when the imaging part is faced at an object; wherein an operational button is displayed on the area that does not display the image on the monitor where the image is not displayed, in a recording mode, the monitor thereby providing an operational part operable via the touch panel; and wherein a release button is provided on the ceiling part of the electronic camera, and the area that does not display the image corresponds to an area of the screen where the image will not be displayed and where the thumb on a hand of a photographer might cover when the photographer holds the electronic camera by putting the index finger of the hand on the release button on the ceiling part of the electronic camera in order to operate the release button when in the recording mode, wherein at least a side of the screen corresponding to the hand comprises the area that does not display the image, and wherein in the recording mode the area that displays the image is determined based on a location on the screen where the thumb of the photographer is placed on the touch panel.