| US 7,557,850 B2 | ||
| Digital camera with a plurality of display screens | ||
| Tatsuro Abe, Ome (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 12, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/843,429. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-188707 (JP), filed on Jun. 30, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0263659 A1, Dec. 30, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/222 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 348—333.01 | 6 Claims |
| 1. A digital camera comprising:
a camera body;
a first display means with a first display area;
a second display means with a second display area larger than the first display area of the first display means;
a switching means for forcibly switching a display state to the first display means when a photographing mode is set, and
for forcibly switching the display state to the second display means when a reproduction mode is set, when a power switch
is turned on, the switching means setting the first display means and the second display means to a sleep mode when the switching
means is pushed for an extended period; and
a display-state restoring means for automatically restoring the first display means and the second display means to states
that the first display means and the second display means assume before the switching means switches the display, respectively,
the display-state restoring means forcibly turning on the second display means first when the camera body is turned on.
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