Patent ID: 7831143
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic device comprising: a camera main body; an interchangeable system image pickup lens unit detachably provided to the camera main body; a grip unit provided on the camera main body that includes a first shutter button; a vertical position control grip detachably provided to the camera main body that provides the electronic device a grip position separate from the grip unit for use in a vertical orientation; an operation member provided on the camera main body which is arranged within a range where a particular finger related to right hand gripping the vertical position control grip in the vertical orientation reaches and in which assigned functions can be customized; storage means for storing information on a first function and a second function which are set in the operation member as the assigned functions; orientation information obtaining means for obtaining information on an orientation related to the electronic device; function assignment control means for assigning the first function to the operation member when it is determined based on the information on the orientation that the electronic device is in a horizontal orientation and assign the second function to the operation member when it is determined based on the information on the orientation that the electronic device is in the vertical orientation, wherein the horizontal orientation and the vertical orientation respectively correspond to a standard orientation and a non-standard orientation during use of the electronic device.