Imaging apparatus having a recording function of a still image and a moving image and displaying a through image
View Patent ↗An imaging apparatus fetches an optical image of an object so as to produce an image signal, records on a recording medium an image signal corresponding to a still-image-use image size according to a still-image recording instruction, records on the recording medium an image signal corresponding to a moving-image-use image size according to a moving-image recording instruction, repeatedly creates the image signal and causes a displayer to display a still-image-use through image corresponding to the still-image-use image size, repeatedly creates the image signal and causes the displayer to display a moving-image-use through image corresponding to the moving-image-use image size, switches the still-image-use through image and the moving-image-use through image, and accepts the still-image recording instruction or the moving-image recording instruction when the still-image-use through image or the moving-image-use through image is displayed.
1. An imaging apparatus, comprising:
an imager which is capable of repeatedly outputting an image representing a scene captured on an imaging surface;
a displayer which displays an image representing a scene belonging to a noticed area out of the scene captured on said imaging surface based on an output of said imager;
a first designator which designates a first area as the noticed area when accepting a first designating operation;
a second designator which designates a second area as the noticed area when accepting a second designating operation;
a first creator which executes a process of creating a single record image representing a scene belonging to the first area based on the output of said imager in response to a first recording operation which is accepted in parallel with a process of said displayer; and
a second creator which executes a process of creating a plurality of record images continuously representing a scene belonging to the second area based on the output of said imager in response to a second recording operation which is accepted in parallel with the process of said displayer.
2. An imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first area is defined by a size and a position containing the second area, said imaging apparatus further comprising a processor which executes a process of superposing a frame indicating an edge of the second area on the image displayed by said displayer in association with a process of said first designator.
3. A computer program embodied in a non-transitory tangible medium, which is executed by a processor of an imaging apparatus provided with an imager which repeatedly outputs an image representing a scene captured on an imaging surface, said program comprising:
a displaying step of displaying an image representing a scene belonging to a noticed area out of the scene captured on said imaging surface based on an output of said imager;
a first designating step of designating a first area as the noticed area when accepting a first designating operation;
a second designating step of designating a second area as the noticed area when accepting a second designating operation;
a first creating step of executing a process which creates a single record image representing a scene belonging to the first area based on the output of said imager in response to a first recording operation which is accepted in parallel with a process of said displaying step; and
a second creating step of executing a process which creates a plurality of record images continuously representing a scene belonging to the second area based on the output of said imager in response to a second recording operation which is accepted in parallel with the process of said displaying step.
4. An imaging control method executed by an imaging apparatus provided with an imager which repeatedly outputs an image representing a scene captured on an imaging surface, comprising:
a displaying step of displaying an image representing a scene belonging to a noticed area out of the scene captured on said imaging surface based on an output of said imager;
a first designating step of designating a first area as the noticed area when accepting a first designating operation;
a second designating step of designating a second area as the noticed area when accepting a second designating operation;
a first creating step of executing a process which creates a single record image representing a scene belonging to the first area based on the output of said imager in response to a first recording operation which is accepted in parallel with a process of said displaying step; and
a second creating step of executing a process which creates a plurality of record images continuously representing a scene belonging to the second area based on the output of said imager in response to a second recording operation which is accepted in parallel with the process of said displaying step.