Patent ID: 8072505

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging device to convert light from a target object into an electric signal carrying an image of the object; a video signal processor to generate a video signal based on the electric signal; a human face detector to detect at least a human face of at least one human if the human is contained in the image, based on the video signal; an on-screen display generator to automatically generate an on-screen signal for either a first imaging-mode menu window or a second imaging-mode menu window each for use in selection of an imaging mode among a plurality of imaging modes, the first imaging-mode menu window being used when no human face is being detected by the human face detector, the second imaging-mode menu window being used when the human face is being detected by the human face detector; a display screen to receive the on-screen signal to display the first or the second imaging-mode menu window; and a controller to control the on-screen display generator, based on face detection information supplied by the human face detector, the information indicating at least whether the human face is contained in the image, so that the on-screen display generator generates the on-screen signal for the first or the second imaging-mode menu window.