Patent ID: 7027094

Claim:
An electronic imaging apparatus comprising: an image sensor device responsive to light focused on said image sensor device from an object to be imaged, for converting said focused light into image data; a storage medium for storing selected image data from said image sensor device and data related to stored images; a display for displaying images and related data from said storage medium and images from said image sensor device; a touch-sensitive shutter button producing a touch signal in response to the touching of a user's finger on said button, and producing an actuation signal upon actuation of said button by a user; and a processor responsive to said touch signal to cause said display to display an image from said image sensor device, responsive to said actuation signal to cause image data from said image sensor device to be stored in said storage medium, and responsive to the absence of said touch signal to cause said display to display an image and/or related data from said storage medium.