Patent ID: 8890935

Claim:
A capturing device comprising: a display section that changes between and displays a three-dimensional (3D) image and a two-dimensional (2D) image; an input section to enable a user to select a set display mode during a menu setting operation which is to be utilized during a focus control process, said menu setting operation occurring prior to the focus control process, said input section including a first input to enable the user to select a 3D image display as the set display mode, a second input to enable the user to select a 2D image display as the set display mode, and a third input to enable the user to select an alternating display of a left eye image and a right eye image in which the left eye image and the right eye image are automatically alternated at a predetermined time interval as the set display mode and in which the left eye image and the right eye image are non-stereoscopic images; and a controller that performs an image display control for the display section, in which at a time of performing the focus control process the controller automatically causes the display mode of an image displayed on the display section to be the selected set display mode such that at the time of performing the focus control process the display mode is set to the selected set display mode without a mode changing display input from the user, and in which the predetermined time interval is several seconds, such that when the alternating display is selected as the selected set display mode a respective left eye image and a respective right eye image which are non-stereoscopic images are automatically alternated with a time interval of several seconds therebetween so that one of the respective left eye image or the respective right eye image is caused to be displayed on the display section for the several seconds and thereafter the other of the respective left eye image or the respective right eye image is caused to be displayed on the display section for the several seconds.