Imaging device

摘要

An imaging device comprises a lens barrel including an optical system that collects light from a predetermined viewing area and that defines an optical axis; an imaging unit that receives the light collected by the optical system and generates image data, the image data defining a main image that includes a determined sub area; a ring-shaped operation ring that is provided on an outer circumference of the lens barrel and that is manually rotatable about the optical axis of the optical system; and an area change unit that changes at least one of (A) a size of the determined sub area, or (B) a position of the determined sub area, responsive to a manual operation of the operation ring.

主权项

1. An imaging device comprising:
a lens barrel including an optical system that collects light from a predetermined viewing area and that defines an optical axis; an imaging unit that receives the light collected by the optical system and generates image data; a ring-shaped operation ring that is provided on an outer circumference of the lens barrel, that is rotatable about the optical axis of the optical system and that includes a plurality of notches formed on an inner periphery along a periphery of the ring-shaped operation ring; a pressing unit that is provided on the lens barrel, that supports a ball movably forward/backward between a first state in which the ball is engaged with the notch and generates a click sound and a second state in which the ball is apart from the notch and does not generate the click sound; an input unit that receives input of an instruction signal that switches between the first and second states at a time of operating rotation of the ring-shaped operation ring; a control unit that switches between the first and second states at the time of operating rotation of the ring-shaped operation ring in accordance with the instruction signal input from the input unit; and a parameter change unit that changes an imaging parameter of the imaging device in accordance with an operation of the ring-shaped operation ring.