Patent ID: 7653304

Claim:
A digital camera equipped with a projector, comprising: a photographing device; a projector device that projects an optical image; a mode switching operation member that outputs a switching operation signal indicating a changeover to one of a photographing operation mode in which image data photographed by the photographing device are saved as a photographic image file in a recording medium and a projection operation mode in which a reproduced image is projected by the projector device; a top surface operation member disposed at an upper surface of a casing; a function adjustment device that adjusts a function of the top surface operation member so that the top surface operation member functions as (a) an operation member for a photographing operation when the photographing operation mode is selected and (b) an operation member for a projection operation when the projection mode is selected; a projection control device that controls the projector device based upon an operation signal provided by the top surface operation member upon receiving a switching operation signal indicating a changeover to the projection operation mode from the mode switching operation member; and a photographing control device that controls the photographing device based upon an operation signal provided by the top surface operation member upon receiving a switching operation signal indicating a changeover to the photographing operation mode from the mode switching operation member, wherein the photographing device comprises a photographic optical system having a photographic lens; and the projector device comprises a projection optical system having a projection lens that is different from the photographic lens, and wherein said digital camera further comprises: a retracting device that retracts the photographic optical system, wherein upon receiving a switching operation signal indicating a changeover to the projection operation mode from the mode switching operation member, the projection control device issues an instruction for the retracting device to retract the photographic optical system.