公开(公告)号：US20220210320A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17555634

申请日：2021-12-20

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kyosuke OSUKA ,  Yasuhiro OGATA

IPC: H04N5/232

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to capture a subject image to generate image data; a plurality of operation members each operable to input a user operation; a selector configured to select one pattern from among a plurality of patterns each indicating a combination whether or not each operation member is to be set to a lock state for disabling the user operation; and a controller configured to control a lock function based on the pattern selected by the selector, the lock function causing the plurality of operation members to disable the user operation in an operation member which is in the lock state and to enable the user operation in another operation member which is not in the lock state.