JP2008009190A5

JP2008009190A5 -

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Publication number: JP2008009190A5
Application number: JP2006180374A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2006-06-29
Publication date: 2009-08-13
Anticipated expiration: 2026-06-29

Claims

An imaging apparatus for performing for shooting set one of a plurality of options for use in particular in the shooting,
Selecting means for selecting any of the plurality of options;
Setting means for setting the option selected by the selection means to be used for the specific shooting setting ;
And a storage unit for storing history of choices that are by Ri設 constant to said setting means,
Said selection means uses a first mode for selecting one of the plurality of choice regardless of the history of the selection stored in the storage unit, a history of options stored in said storage means, said storage A second mode for selecting one of the plurality of options based on a user operation after presenting the option most recently stored in the means to the user, and the storage means is in the first mode. An imaging apparatus for storing a history of set options.

Before Of Kifuku number of alternatives, the imaging apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by further comprising display means for displaying at least one option includes an option that is selected by the selection unit.

In the second mode, the selection means first selects a preset operation stored in the option history from the newest storage order to the oldest one, and the oldest storage order. 3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of options is selected by a preset second operation for sequentially selecting new ones. 4.

The specific imaging setting is set focus, the plurality of options is a plurality of focus detection areas, said focus detection area is a partial area for which to adjust the focus in the photographing screen,
The imaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by further comprising focus adjusting means for controlling the focus lens to focus on the focus detection area set by the setting unit.

The imaging apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the storage unit stores position information of a focus lens in a focused state in association with the set focus detection area in the first mode.

The focus adjustment unit controls the focus lens in the second mode based on position information of the focus lens stored in association with the focus detection area set by the setting unit. The imaging device according to claim 5.

The specific imaging setting is set exposure, the plurality of choices, to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a plurality of partial regions of interest that modulates the exposure in the shooting screen The imaging device described.

The first mode includes a mode for automatically selecting any of the plurality of options and a mode for selecting any of the plurality of options according to an operation of an operation member. the imaging apparatus according to any one of claim 1 to 7.

A storage number setting means for setting the number of options stored in the storage means;
The options stored in the storage means are deleted from the history in order from the oldest option so that the number of options stored in the storage means does not exceed the number set by the storage number setting means. the imaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in.

The history stored in the storage means, the image pickup apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that to erase with the operation of turning off the power supply of the imaging device.

In the imaging device, a setting method for setting any of a plurality of options used for specific shooting settings ,
A first selection step of selecting any of the plurality of options in a first mode;
A setting step for setting the option selected in the first selection step to be used for the specific shooting setting ;
A storage step of storing selection history is set in the setting step in a storage means,
A second selection step of selecting any of the plurality of options in a second mode;
And a resetting step of resetting the selected option in the second selection step,
The first mode is a mode for selecting any one of the plurality of options regardless of the history of the options stored in the storage unit, and the second mode is a mode for storing the option history stored in the storage unit. The setting method is characterized in that the mode is a mode in which one of the plurality of options is selected based on a user operation after presenting the option most recently stored in the storage means to the user .

  An imaging device that performs shooting by setting one of a plurality of partial areas used for exposure setting,
  Selecting means for selecting any of the plurality of partial regions;
  Setting means for setting a partial area selected by the selection means as a partial area used for the exposure setting;
  Storage means for storing the history of the partial area set by the setting means,
  The selection means uses a first mode for selecting any one of the plurality of partial areas regardless of the partial area history stored in the storage means, and the partial area history stored in the storage means. And a second mode for selecting any one of the plurality of partial areas, wherein the storage unit stores a history of the partial areas set in the first mode.

  In the imaging device, a setting method for setting any of a plurality of partial regions used for exposure setting,
  A first selection step of selecting any of the plurality of partial regions in a first mode;
  A setting step for setting the partial region selected in the first selection step to be used for the exposure setting;
  A storage step of storing a history of the partial area set in the setting step in a storage unit;
  A second selection step of selecting any of the plurality of partial regions in a second mode;
  A resetting step for resetting the partial area selected in the second selection step to be used for the exposure setting,
  The first mode is a mode for selecting any one of the plurality of partial areas regardless of the history of the partial areas stored in the storage means, and the second mode is a partial area stored in the storage means. The setting is a mode in which after the partial area stored most recently in the storage means is presented to the user using the history of the user, one of the plurality of partial areas is selected based on a user operation. Method.

A program for causing a computer to execute each step of the setting method according to claim 11 or 13.

A computer-readable storage medium storing the program according to claim 14.