Patent ID: 8314861

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit for imaging an object and outputting a video signal; output terminal units for outputting the video signal in different formats including a first output format and a second output format; a generation unit for generating capture assist marks to be synthesized with the video signal output, the capture assist marks including (i) a first capture assist mark, within a displayed capture area, corresponding to the first output format, the first capture assist mark comprising a capture assist mark displayed within an effective capture area of the first output format or, when the displayed capture area is greater than the effective capture area of the first output format, at least one of the effective capture area of the first output format or a safety zone of the first output format and (ii) a second capture assist mark, within the displayed capture area, corresponding to the second output format, the second capture assist mark comprising a capture assist mark displayed within an effective capture area of the second output format or, when the displayed capture area is greater than the effective capture area of the second output format, at least one of the effective capture area of the second output format or a safety zone of the second output format; a synthesis unit for synthesizing the capture assist marks with the video signal; an acceptance unit for accepting an instruction input about the capture assist marks; and a control unit for controlling the output of the video signal by the output terminal units, the controlling comprising: determining a format of the different formats used by one of the output terminal units; and controlling the generation unit and the synthesis unit, based on (i) the instruction input accepted through the acceptance unit and (ii) the determined format of the different formats, to synthesize one or more of the capture control marks for the one of the output terminal units.