IMAGING APPARATUS FOR TAKING IMAGE IN RESPONSE TO SCREEN PRESSING OPERATION, IMAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

A method is disclosed of operating an image capturing device for displaying an image of a subject on a screen, and performing image-capturing operation for the subject in response to a user's input to the screen. The method includes: a first step of detecting a pressing force of the user's finger press on the screen; a second step of displaying an image capture icon on the screen, the icon being actuated by the user for commanding the device for the capturing operation; a third step of, in response to a determination that the touch position overlaps with a region of the icon displayed, and that the force is above a first threshold, initiating focusing operation to focus on the subject; and a fourth step of, after the focusing operation is initiated, in response to a determination that the force is above a second threshold larger than the first threshold, initiating the capturing operation.

主权项

1. An image capturing device for displaying an image of a subject on a display screen, and performing image-capturing operation for capturing the image of the subject in response to a user's input to the display screen, the image capturing device comprising:
a pressing-force sensor for detecting a pressing force with which the user presses the display screen with a finger; a display controller configured to display an image capture icon on the display screen, the image capture icon being actuated by the user for commanding the image capturing device to perform the image-capturing operation; a touch-position recognizing unit configured to determine whether or not the user's finger touch position at which the user touches the display screen with the finger has an overlap with a region of the image capture icon displayed; a pressing-force recognizing unit configured to be activated in response to a determination that the finger touch position has an overlap with the region of the image capture icon displayed, to determine whether or not the pressing force is equal to or larger than a first threshold; and an operation controller configured to be activated in response to a determination that the detected pressing force is equal to or larger than the first threshold, to initiate focusing operation to focus on the subject, wherein the pressing-force recognizing unit determines, after the focusing operation is initiated, whether or not the pressing force is equal to or larger than a second threshold larger than the first threshold, and the operation controller initiates the image-capturing operation in response to a determination that the pressing force is equal to or larger than the second threshold.