Patent ID: 7633548

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus, comprising: a body; a first lens section provided in said body operable to converge an image; a second lens section provided in said body operable to converge an image, said second lens section being substantially parallel to said first lens section; a first lens cover provided on said body operable to cover said first lens section; and a second lens cover provided on said body operable to cover said second lens section, said second lens cover being movable independently of said first lens cover; and an operating unit which changes an operation mode of the image capturing apparatus depending on positions of said first and second lens covers, having modes including: a first mode in which said first lens section is not covered by said first lens cover while said second lens section is covered by said second lens cover and one image is captured through said first lens section; a second mode in which both said first lens section and said second lens section are not covered by said first lens cover and said second lens cover, respectively, and two images are simultaneously captured through said respective first and second lens sections; and a third mode in which both said first lens section and said second lens section are covered by said first lens cover and said second lens cover, respectively, and the power to the image capturing apparatus is turned off.