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Image pickup device and image pickup method

US9800785B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 2017
Grant dateOct 24, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2250/52
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image pickup device includes at least one camera, a display, and a touch panel that overlaps the display, and detects a flick operation in at least first and second directions substantially opposite to each other. The image pickup device has at least a first, second and third imaging modes, in which the display displays a video image being obtained by the at least one camera. Switching to the second imaging mode occurs by a first flick operation in the first direction in the first imaging mode. Switching to the first imaging mode occurs by a second flick operation in the second direction in the second imaging mode. Switching to the third imaging mode occurs by a third flick operation in the first direction in the first imaging mode. Switching to the first imaging mode occurs by a fourth flick operation in the second direction in the third imaging mode.

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