JP5945388B2 - Imaging apparatus and imaging method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a photographing apparatus, and more specifically, a photographer performs photographing as desired while switching photographing parameters while confirming photographing effects such as still images and moving images on a display screen with a photographing apparatus such as a digital camera. It is related with the imaging device improved so that it can do.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, imaging apparatuses that can display an image being captured in real time on a display unit provided in the apparatus and can capture an image while confirming the imaging effect have become widespread. In such an apparatus, it is possible to effectively utilize touch panel technology that allows the photographer to intuitively specify where the photographer is paying attention. On the other hand, proposals for using a touch panel for switching displayed contents have been made for a long time, and recently, a display control switching technique by a multi-point touch has been proposed as in Japanese Translation of PCT International Publication No. 2008-508601.

Special table 2008-508601

  When using the touch panel, there was a problem that the touched part could not be confirmed. Shooting devices and the like tend to reduce the volume of the device body in order to improve portability, and the area of the display unit is also restricted by portability. Therefore, the subject displayed there is often smaller than the size of the finger to be touched. For example, when the face of the subject person is touched, even if an attempt is made to adjust the shooting parameters, the essential part becomes invisible.

Therefore, the present invention provides a photographing apparatus having a user interface that enables a release without hiding a portion specified by touch.

In order to achieve the above object, a photographing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a photographing lens, an imaging unit that captures an image of a subject through the photographing lens and generates electronic image data, and the imaging unit. A display unit that displays an image corresponding to the image data, a touch panel that is provided on the display unit and outputs a coordinate signal corresponding to a touch position, and an outer peripheral portion of a lens barrel body of the photographing lens. The image of the touch position is determined based on the operation member rotatable with respect to the optical axis of the photographing lens and the coordinate signal output from the touch panel, and the touch position indicates two smiles. If a face image, and a control unit for displaying and superimposing an item of the plurality of photographing parameters to the image displayed on the display unit including a smiling face shutter release, it displayed on the display unit When an item from the items of the smile release the plurality of photographing parameters is selected by a touch operation of the user, set smile shutter release mode, depending the smile degree of the face to be release determination operation of the operating member An imaging apparatus characterized by being able to change the

In order to achieve the above object, in the photographing apparatus according to the second aspect of the invention, the control unit superimposes the image feature of the touch position on the image as a character based on the determination result of the image feature of the touch position. It is characterized by being displayed.

The imaging apparatus according to the third invention for achieving the above object, selection items of the plurality of photographing parameters to be superimposed and displayed on the display unit, in addition to the smile release, exposure compensation, aperture, shutter speed, sensitivity, It is characterized in that it is at least one of color tone and focus position.

  In order to achieve the above object, a photographing apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention includes an exposure correction value or the photographing lens aperture control as the plurality of photographing parameter candidates.

  In order to achieve the above object, a photographing apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention includes a face detection unit that detects a face image of a subject specified by the touch panel in order to acquire the subject information.

In order to achieve the above object, an imaging method according to a sixth aspect of the invention is an imaging lens, an imaging unit that captures an image of a subject through the imaging lens and generates electronic image data, and the imaging unit. A display unit that displays an image corresponding to the image data, a touch panel that is provided on the display unit and outputs a coordinate signal corresponding to a touch position, and an outer peripheral portion of a lens barrel body of the photographing lens. An imaging method executed by an imaging device including an operation member that is rotatable with respect to the optical axis of the photographing lens, wherein the image of the touch position is based on the coordinate signal output from the touch panel. wherein the determining step of determining characteristics, when the determining the determined decision result in the step is a face image showing two smiling, the items of a plurality of photographing parameters including smile release A display step of displaying superimposed on the image of the radical 113, when the item of the smile release from the item of the plurality of photographing parameters displayed on the display unit is selected by touch operation of the user, smile shutter release mode And a changing step for changing the smile level of the face that is determined to be released when the operation member is operated.

According to the present invention, by using a touch panel that allows the photographer to intuitively specify where the photographer is paying attention, a user interface that enables a release without hiding the part that is specified by touching. It is possible to provide an imaging device having the same.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment will be described using a camera to which the present invention is applied according to the drawings. An example in which the present invention is applied to a single-lens camera is shown as a first embodiment in the form of a block diagram in FIG.

  10 is a camera body (body), 20 is an imaging lens (for example, an interchangeable lens), and a communication unit 5 that communicates an operation signal and the like from the camera body (body) 10 to the lens side in the imaging lens 20; Communication is performed via a communication unit 22 with a camera body (body) 10 provided in the imaging lens 20 on the lens side, and each control for zoom control of the imaging lens 20 is performed by the control unit 21 and the drive units 24a and 24b. By controlling the lens group position and the lens group position for focus control, it is possible to take pictures corresponding to various compositions and subjects.

  The position of each lens group constituting the lens in the imaging lens 20 is determined by 25a and b, and these lenses are driven and controlled to positions determined by the in-lens control unit 21 via the driving units 24a and 24b. The In addition, the imaging lens 20 can change not only the focus but also the zoom position and the diaphragm by the operation of an operation member (hereinafter also referred to as an operation ring or a ring member) 23. As with the focus and zoom, the aperture is determined by the position determination unit based on the control result of the drive unit, but the illustration is omitted.

  These results can also be determined by the main body side control unit 1 via the communication unit 22. This imaging apparatus (camera) may be capable of mounting an interchangeable lens other than the one shown in the figure, an interchangeable lens having a different zoom lens magnification, focal length, brightness FNo, or the like, or a so-called single-focus lens that is not a zoom lens. A case may be assumed. Of course, the present invention can also be applied to a lens-integrated camera other than an interchangeable lens camera. In this way, changing the imaging parameters includes switching the control of the parts such as zoom, aperture, and focus according to the situation and according to the operation of the photographer. In addition to these items, the shooting parameters include items that can be expressed as a focal length at the time of zooming for each item, a numerical value such as an aperture value for a stop, a focus position for a focus, or a quantity.

  Note that, as the operation member 23 of the imaging lens 20, a ring member 23 that is rotatably arranged with respect to the lens barrel body of the imaging lens 20 is used. The ring member 23 may be mechanically rotated, detected by a touch sensor, or a push switch. If a mechanically rotating device is configured such that a photo interrupter or the like outputs a pulse signal by a rotating operation, the rotating operation can be determined electrically. The direction of rotation and the speed of rotation can also be detected, so when changing the value or amount, it can be switched to the plus direction for clockwise rotation and to the minus direction for counterclockwise rotation. (Coarse adjustment), if it is turned slowly, the numerical value can be changed slowly (fine adjustment).

  A specific configuration is shown in FIG. Reference numeral 10 denotes a camera body (body) 10 of the photographing apparatus. A release switch 6a and a power switch 6b are provided on the upper surface, and an operation member 23 (ring) is provided on the outer periphery of the lens barrel 30 for the imaging lens 20. A member 23) is provided. Furthermore, an index display frame, a distance display ring, and the like may be provided. The operation member 23 is a substantially cylindrical member that is rotatably disposed around the optical axis O in the outer peripheral portion of the lens barrel 30. At least a part of the ring member 23 is exposed on the outer peripheral surface of the lens barrel 30, and the ring member 23 is disposed so that the user's fingers are involved with the imaging device. The operation of the operation member 23 is used for focus control of the photographing apparatus focusing lens or for zoom switching of the zoom lens. This distance display ring may be a zoom display ring.

  Further, when applied to parameter switching as in the present invention, this distance display ring may be replaced with display of imaging parameters. The operation switching by operating these operation members 23 may be switched by the mode setting of the camera body (body) 10. Further, the operation member 23 may be movable back and forth in the direction of the optical axis O on the outer periphery of the lens barrel 30, and the operation may be switched by this forward / backward movement. Of course, a configuration having a plurality of operation members 23 may be employed.

  On the other hand, on the camera body (body) 10 side, there is an operation unit 6 that allows a user to perform various operations such as a switch. Taking advantage of this, shooting operations can be performed, and shooting parameters such as exposure correction, shutter speed and sensitivity settings, and change of focus position can also be changed. In addition to these items, the shooting parameter here also includes an exposure correction value, a shutter speed value, a value indicating sensitivity, a numerical value such as a focus position and a focus distance, and an amount.

  Further, a touch panel 8b described later can also be used by assisting such an operation. The camera body (body) 10 further includes an imaging unit 2 that converts an image of a subject (subject image) entered from the imaging lens 20 into an electrical signal, and face detection that detects the face of the subject using the image signal from the imaging unit 2. Section 3 performs photographing control for detecting a focus shift from a contrast or phase difference signal and switching an adjustment amount such as an exposure amount. These adjustment amounts can be switched by the parameter control unit 1b. The signal processing unit 1 performs processing so that the imaging result can be displayed on the display unit 8 including a liquid crystal or an EL panel so that the user can take a picture while viewing the display unit 8.

  If the displayed subject image is touched on the display unit, image information corresponding to the position can be acquired. This is to analyze the characteristics of the image of the corresponding part or to detect distance information. The control unit 1 also determines the user's shooting instruction operation with the operation determination unit 6 or the touch panel 8b, compresses the shot image with the file creation unit 1c, and records the compressed image in the recording unit 4. At this time, there is a clock 9 so that shooting date and time information can be recorded and organized together. Needless to say, the display unit 8 can confirm how the image is changed by changing the parameter or adjusting the parameter value on the ring member 23 as the operation unit. At the time of operation, an auxiliary display as will be described later appears on the display unit 8, and this is displayed by the display control unit 1d on the subject image.

  In order to photograph the subject as desired by the photographer with the desired effect with the camera having such a configuration, the present invention employs an operation method as shown in FIG. The photographer 11 supports the imaging lens 20 of the imaging device 10 with his left hand and holds the subject 11 aiming.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the camera body (body) 10 selects which image of the subject 11 to be changed and displayed on the display unit on the back side is selected by touching with the index finger or the like. At this time, for example, since the brightness of the face of the person being photographed and the blur of the background can be confirmed, when it is desired to change them, the place to be changed may be touched. As a result, it is possible to shoot by switching the expression of the part that the photographer is dissatisfied with. For example, it is possible to take an image with the brightness of the face as desired or the background blur as desired.

  FIG. 3 shows a display unit (for example, a liquid crystal panel) 8 provided on the back of the camera body (body) 10 so that the user can touch a part of the displayed image. . When the subject image displayed on the display unit 8 is touched, the touch panel 8b provided thereon outputs a coordinate signal, and it is known in which part of the display unit the subject image obtained by the imaging unit is displayed. Therefore, the control unit (1 in FIG. 1) of the camera can determine which part of the image is touched by the user, and the characteristics of the image of the touched part are determined by the information acquisition unit (1e in FIG. 1). I can do it.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, when a face part of a person part is touched, it can be understood that the face part is a feature of the image pattern of the touched part. The determination result may be displayed as “face designation” as shown in the figure.

  Further, when a long distance portion other than the face is touched as shown in FIG. 3B, “landscape designation” can be displayed on the display unit.

  Further, since the camera control unit 1 knows what the touched subject is, imaging parameter candidates (for example, adjustment of brightness and adjustment of the amount of blur) that can change the image of the touched part are displayed via the display control unit 1d. As shown in FIG. 3C, the image is displayed on the display unit 8. Here, since the face and the landscape are touched in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the shooting parameter items that can be changed are “brightness” and “blur”. This will be described later.

  After that, if the user selects by touching which one of them is to be corrected, the item can be changed. At this time, the numerical value corresponding to the selected parameter item can be changed by the ring member 23 provided in the imaging lens 20 as shown in FIG. Here, a state in which the user rotates and adjusts the ring member 23 of the lens unit with the left hand is shown. Although the right hand is omitted, it is assumed that the index finger is placed on the release button 6a so as not to miss the photo opportunity.

  The user can concentrate on shooting while checking the numerical value changing effect of the parameter while viewing the shooting screen displayed on the display unit 8. Here, in order to check the degree of background blur, the numerical aperture value is changed as an example while operating the ring portion. When the aperture is changed, the depth of field changes, and when the aperture is reduced, the background blur becomes small, and when the aperture is opened, the background blur becomes shallow and the background blur is emphasized. If the operation is performed, it is possible to take a photograph with the desired effect.

  As described above, the user can concentrate on the operation of the release button 6a (part of the operation unit 6 in FIG. 1) with the right hand while operating the ring member 23 of the photographing lens with the left hand. An imaging device can be provided.

  As described above, an example of the main flow of the camera that determines the image portion displayed on the touched part and, as a result, can perform parameter numerical values by operating the ring member 23 of the imaging lens 20 according to the selected parameter candidate. Is shown in FIG. For example, in step S101, an operation of a power source performed by a power switch or the like is determined. If this is turned on, a determination is made in S102 and S111 as to whether the shooting mode or the reproduction mode.

  When the power switch is turned off, only the circuit for detecting the power switch is operated, and the other electronic circuits are turned off to enter the energy saving mode (standby mode). If the shooting mode is set by switching the touch panel or the switch, a through image is displayed in S103.

  In this case, the subject image signal obtained by the imaging unit is displayed on the display unit in real time, and the user can check the shooting timing, composition, and effect of changing the shooting parameter while watching this.

  S104 is a touch panel operation determination subroutine (see FIG. 5), which will be described later, and S105 is a parameter value change subroutine (see FIG. 8). By these subroutines, the parameter switching (item and numerical value) control before photographing as described in FIG. 3 can be performed. If the release switch 6b is operated while confirming the effect on the display unit, S106 is branched to Y, and in S107, shooting can be performed according to the result of such switching. When shooting is not performed, since the through image display is repeated, parameter change and shooting can be performed at an arbitrary timing.

  When switching to the playback mode is performed, step S102 is branched to S111, and the captured image is played back (S112). If the user wants to view another image, when the user again operates the touch panel or switch, it is determined in S113, and the image is switched in S115.

  When neither the shooting mode nor the playback mode is selected, the image communication mode is such that a shot image is transmitted to the outside.

  FIG. 5 shows a flow example for explaining in detail the touch panel operation flow shown in S104 of the flowchart of FIG. This is for determining the touch operation shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b). Whenever a touch is made, this is determined in S201. When touched, this image portion can be removed from the candidate. Therefore, when it is determined in S202, the corresponding information and the display to that effect are deleted in S204.

  In step S203 of the flowchart, the subject image shown in the touched image portion is determined and information is acquired. This will be described with reference to FIG. 7, but is a step when the subject is displayed as “face” or the like in FIGS. When such a display appears, the user can confirm that the camera has correctly determined, and can operate with peace of mind.

  Also, once it is determined that some point has been touched first, and if one point of information has already been acquired in step S203 (if not cleared in step S204), repeated touches are made in step S205. The detection can also be changed by touching multiple points.

  In the case of multi-point touch, in S212, the obtained information is compared, and parameter candidates may be changed by the comparison.

  The parameter narrowing candidates at that time are displayed in S214. This is a control for performing the display of FIG. If the touch is not a multi-point touch, the item of information obtained in S203 is displayed in step S215.

  Here, parameter candidates displayed by one-point touch and two-point touch may differ, so the parameter candidates obtained by one-point touch are described as “information” in order to avoid confusion and clarify the explanation. Parameter candidates obtained by two-point touch are indicated as “narrowing candidates”. This will also be described with reference to FIGS.

  Since the present invention is characterized in that the numerical value of the parameter can be adjusted by operating the ring member 23 of the imaging lens 20, the control when the numerical value of the parameter is adjusted by the ring member 23 will be described first.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart example of parameter value change executed in step S105 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 3C, when parameter candidates are displayed with selectable icons or characters and are selected with a touch panel or the like, the process branches to Y in steps S231, S233, S235, and S237.

  According to this selection item, the focus position (S232), exposure correction amount (S234), aperture value (S236), saturation (S238), and the like can be switched by operating the ring member 23. The numerical value to be adjusted is different for each of these “items”.

  For example, when the focus position is adjusted, the focus adjustment position of the photographic lens changes, and when the exposure correction amount is adjusted, the shutter speed and aperture value are changed by a predetermined program. Sensitivity may be changed.

  As an example of processing when two faces are selected, an example other than changing the shooting parameters is shown here.

  When the image showing the facial expressions of both faces has a pattern that makes it a feature of smiles, the “smile release” to be shot can be selected. When the “smile release” icon or display is selected, S239 is branched to S240, and the smile release mode is set. If the smiling face is represented by a numerical value that changes as the face changes from the normal face, it is possible to change the ease of release by changing the smile level of the face determined to be released during the ring operation by the ring operation unit 23.

  Depending on whether the ring member 23 is turned clockwise or counterclockwise, the adjustment value is increased or decreased. If it is in focus, you can switch to a long distance or short distance. Exposure compensation can also be increased to the plus side or increased to the minus side.

  At this time, since the imaging lens 20 operated by the user is not on the back of the camera body (body) 10, it does not interfere with the user's observation of the display unit, and the user can often observe changes in the screen due to numerical changes. I can do it.

  FIG. 7 illustrates a subroutine for acquiring touch position information performed in step S203 of the flowchart of FIG. In step S251, the characteristics of the image displayed on the display portion corresponding to the touch portion are determined. This is the shading pattern, color, brightness, contrast, etc. of the image. If the shadow pattern is similar to a human face part, the process branches to Y in S252 to display “face”. As a result, the display as shown in FIG. Also, information on the color, brightness, and contrast of the face portion (determined within the face outline) is acquired.

  Further, when the image information of the touch part obtained in S251 is red, blue, yellow, green, purple, or the like, the “specific color” is branched to Y, and what color component is large is recorded in S255. . Gray, black, white, and the like change depending on the brightness, so there is no need to record them. Therefore, this is information on which component of the three primary colors is strong.

  In S261, brightness information, for example, luminance information is recorded.

  Next, the distance of the touch point may be detected when touching. A dedicated distance measuring sensor may be used, but as shown in S261, the focus position of the photographing lens (position of the focus lens) is shifted and the contrast is determined to determine which focus position. The distance may be determined by determining whether the highest contrast can be obtained.

  The focus lens, which is a part of the imaging lens 20, is moved with reference to the current focus position, and high contrast can be obtained in the direction of focusing on a short-distance subject (position) or in a long distance. Is determined and the difference in focus position is detected (by the lens position determination unit 25a, 25b, etc.), the relative focus position difference can be known. If there is corresponding distance data for each focus position, the distance can also be determined. In addition, when a face is designated, the face image becomes smaller as the distance increases, so the distance may be estimated based on the size of the face image.

  However, such determination is difficult for landscapes and the like. Therefore, here, when the focusing control position of the focusing lens with respect to the imaging unit 2 is equivalent to a long distance and the contrast becomes high, S263 is branched to Y and the landscape determination is performed in S264. The touched time is displayed as “landscape” as shown in FIG. The distance or focus position information obtained as described above is recorded in S265.

  By the control represented by the flowchart as described above, the camera control unit (1 in FIG. 1) determines where the subject position that the user is interested in, which is the person, what the color is, and whether the subject is bright. It can detect whether it is dark, far or near.

  In addition, it is possible to narrow down only effective parameter adjustments by comparing a plurality of points. FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of such a function. This corresponds to the subroutine of S212 in FIG. For example, there are times when the user wants to blur one subject and shoot one subject clearly by touching multiple points. In such a case, the user can balance both by touching two points. In such a case, this flow becomes effective. That is, since the information of each point has already been acquired by the flow of FIG. 7, in S271, these are determined for each item. As a result, if the difference in brightness is large, the user is not satisfied with the brightness. You can think that you want to perform exposure compensation that balances these. In this case, as an item, brightness switching is displayed in a manner that is easy for the user to understand as shown in FIG. 3C, but as shown in FIG. 6, exposure correction is actually performed. Whether there is a difference in brightness may be, for example, a value determined by the dynamic range or latitude of the imaging unit. For example, the brightness may be branched when the brightness is 8 times or more.

  If two points with different distances are touched, the information detected by S256 in FIG. 7 indicates that the information held by these points has a large distance difference, and the process branches to S276 in S274. If the distance difference is not large, this display does not appear because the amount of blur cannot be changed by the diaphragm which is a general photographing parameter of the image pickup apparatus. In this way, since the camera does not display items (parameters) that cannot be operated by the user, the user does not need to perform unnecessary operations, and learns what controls the user can and cannot do while using the camera. You can also This distance difference may vary depending on the aperture value, focal length, and distance to the subject of the imaging lens 20, or may be determined from the depth of field.

  Even when the color of the subject at the position corresponding to the two touch points is different, the user thinks that he wants to balance these, and branches to S277 in S276 so that the color can be adjusted. If it is not a two-point touch, the color tone is displayed as a change parameter when the color is characteristic.

  Of the R, G, and B components that are the three primary colors, assuming that the maximum component is Imax and the minimum component is Imin, the saturation is obtained by (Imax−Imin) / Imax. The signal amount of B can be determined and calculated to determine the saturation. In the case of a one-point touch, the maximum component is amplified and the minimum component is reduced in the direction in which the saturation of the place increases or decreases by adjustment. Further, at the time of two-point touch, it is determined by operating the ring member 23 which is the maximum component of each point, and an operation for changing the balance between them is made possible.

  If both touch points are faces, it is considered that the two people are concerned about facial expressions, and the process branches to S279 in S278 to display the smile release as a candidate. When this display appears, if the user touches and selects it, monitoring of the corresponding face image is started, and shooting control is performed at the moment when both smiles.

  As described above, according to the present invention, by using the touch panel that allows the photographer to intuitively specify where the photographer is paying attention, what is reflected in the specified part by touching. The user can make adjustments by narrowing down to parameter candidates suitable for the subject (for example, brightness adjustment).

  That is, although there are many shooting parameters (for example, aperture, shutter speed, sensitivity, focus position, color adjustment, etc.), it is possible to immediately select the most appropriate parameters, and quick shooting is possible. For example, one of a person and a landscape can be blurred, but it is difficult to blur only one of the persons at the same distance by only aperture control.

  Uninformed users could perform ineffective operations even in these scenes.

  A parameter candidate is displayed as a guide to a user who does not know what adjustment should be made, so that the user can move to the operation without hesitation and never miss a photo opportunity.

  In addition, since the touch portion is not hidden, the user can adjust the image while changing the parameters while sufficiently confirming the shooting effect. As a result, an image with the desired effect can be obtained.

  Furthermore, in each embodiment of the present invention, a digital camera has been described as an apparatus for photographing. However, the camera may be a digital single lens reflex camera or a compact digital camera, such as a video camera or a movie camera. A camera for moving images may be used, and a camera built in a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or the like may of course be used.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Moreover, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments. For example, you may delete some components of all the components shown by embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

It should be noted that even if the operation flow in the claims, the description, and the drawings is described using “first,” “next,” etc. for convenience, it is essential to carry out in this order. It doesn't mean. In addition, it goes without saying that the steps constituting these operation flows can be omitted as appropriate for portions that do not affect the essence of the invention.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the imaging device concerning this invention. FIG. 4 illustrates a situation where adjustment is performed at the time of photographing using the photographing apparatus according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows the imaging parameter adjustment method at the time of imaging | photography of the imaging device concerning this invention. It is an example of the flowchart of imaging device control of this invention. It is the flowchart example which showed the subroutine of the flow performed at the time of touch panel operation of the imaging device of this invention. It is the example of the flowchart which showed the subroutine of the parameter change of the imaging device of this invention. It is the flowchart example which showed the subroutine at the time of the touch position information acquisition of the imaging device of this invention. It is the example of the flowchart which showed the subroutine at the time of the information comparison of the several points of the imaging device of this invention. It is an external appearance example of the imaging device of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Signal processing, control part, 1b ... Parameter control part, 1c ... Touch detection part, 1d ... Display control part, 1e ... Information acquisition part, 2 ... Imaging part, 3 ... face detection unit, 4 ... recording unit, 5 ... communication unit with lens, 6 ... operation unit, 8 ... display unit, 8b ... touch panel unit, 9 ... clock DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Camera body (body), 11 ... Photographer, 12 ... Subject, 20 ... Imaging lens, 23 ... Operation member (ring member)

Claims (4)

A taking lens,
An imaging unit that captures an image of a subject via the photographing lens and generates electronic image data;
A display unit for displaying an image corresponding to the image data generated by the imaging unit;
A touch panel provided on the display unit and outputting a coordinate signal corresponding to the touch position;
An operation member disposed on an outer peripheral portion of a lens barrel body of the photographing lens and rotatable with respect to an optical axis of the photographing lens;
Based on the coordinate signal output from the touch panel, the feature of the image at the touch position is determined, and when the touch position is a face image showing a plurality of smiles, a plurality of shooting parameter items including a smile release A control unit that displays the image superimposed on the image displayed on the display unit;
With
When the smile release item is selected by a user's touch operation from the plurality of shooting parameter items displayed on the display unit, the smile release mode is set, and the smile level of the face determined for release is set to the operation. An imaging apparatus characterized in that it can be changed according to the operation of a member. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit causes the image feature of the touch position to be superimposed on the image and displayed based on a determination result of the image feature of the touch position. . Selection of the plurality of photographing parameters to be superimposed and displayed on the display unit, and wherein in addition to the smile shutter release, exposure compensation, aperture, shutter speed, sensitivity is at least one of color and focus position The imaging device according to claim 2. A photographic lens; an imaging unit that images a subject through the photographic lens to generate electronic image data; a display unit that displays an image corresponding to the image data generated by the imaging unit; and the display A touch panel that is provided on the unit and outputs a coordinate signal corresponding to a touch position; and an operation member that is disposed on an outer periphery of the lens barrel body of the photographing lens and is rotatable with respect to the optical axis of the photographing lens; An imaging method executed by an imaging apparatus comprising:
A determination step of determining a feature of the image at the touch position based on the coordinate signal output from the touch panel;
When the determination result determined in the determination step is a face image indicating a plurality of smiles, a display step of displaying a plurality of shooting parameter items including a smile release superimposed on the image of the display unit;
When the item of the smile release from the item of the plurality of photographing parameters displayed on the display unit is selected by touch operation of the user, a setting step of setting smile shutter release mode,
A change step of changing the smile level of the face determined to be released when the operation member is operated;
An imaging method comprising:

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