Electronic device and electronic camera

Abstract

An electronic device includes: a display element that displays a numeral; an auxiliary display element that displays an expression other than a numeral; an arithmetic operation device that executes an arithmetic operation to obtain an integer; and a display control device that implements control so as to display the integer obtained through the arithmetic operation executed by the arithmetic operation device by using the display element and the auxiliary display element.

What is claimed is;  
     
         1 . An electronic device comprising: 
 a display element that displays a numeral;    an auxiliary display element that displays an expression other than a numeral;    an arithmetic operation device that executes an arithmetic operation to obtain an integer; and    a display control device that implements control so as to display the integer obtained through the arithmetic operation executed by the arithmetic operation device by using the display element and the auxiliary display element.    
     
     
         2 . An electronic device according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 an operating member, wherein: 
 the arithmetic operation device executes an arithmetic operation to obtain an integer which changes by 1 in response to an operation of the operating member.  
   
     
     
         3 . An electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the auxiliary display element displays a mark representing a predetermined number of digits.    
     
     
         4 . An electronic device according to  claim 3 , wherein: 
 the auxiliary display element displays an alphabet letter K to indicate thousands.    
     
     
         5 . An electronic device according to  claim 3 , further comprising: 
 a decimal point auxiliary display element that displays a decimal point.    
     
     
         6 . An electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the auxiliary display element displays a decimal point; and    a display of the decimal point is equivalent to a display of a mark indicating a predetermined number of digits.    
     
     
         7 . An electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 when the integer has more digits than a number of display digits in the display element, the display control device employs the auxiliary display element.    
     
     
         8 . An electronic device according to  claim 7 , wherein: 
 the auxiliary display element displays information related to the number of display digits in the display element.    
     
     
         9 . An electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the display element displays a 3-digit numerical value;    the auxiliary display element displays a mark indicating thousands; and    the display control device displays the integer by using the display element alone when a number of digits in the integer does not exceed three and displays the integer by using the display element and the auxiliary display element when the number of digits in the integer is equal to or greater than four.    
     
     
         10 . An electronic device according to  claim 9 , further comprising: 
 a decimal point auxiliary display element that displays a decimal point, wherein:    the display control device displays the integer by using the display element, the auxiliary display element and the decimal point auxiliary display element when the number of digits in the integer is equal to or greater than four.    
     
     
         11 . An electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the arithmetic operation device executes an arithmetic operation to obtain an integer which is affected as a setting element set at the electronic device is changed.    
     
     
         12 . An electronic device comprising: 
 a display device;    a setting change operation member operated to change a setting element currently set; and    a display control device that controls the display device so as to display the setting element changed through an operation of the setting change operation member and display a numerical value affected by a change of the setting element when the setting element is changed.    
     
     
         13 . An electronic device according to  claim 12 , wherein: 
 there are a plurality of setting elements.    
     
     
         14 . An electronic device according to  claim 13 , wherein: 
 the plurality of setting elements are each related to an image recording capacity.    
     
     
         15 . An electronic device according to  claim 12 , wherein: 
 the display device includes a display element that displays a numeral and an auxiliary display element that displays an expression other than a numeral; and    the display control circuit uses the display element and the auxiliary display element to display the numerical value affected by the change of the setting element.    
     
     
         16 . An electronic camera comprising: 
 a numeral display element that displays a numeral;    an auxiliary display element that displays an expression other than a numeral;    an arithmetic operation device that executes an arithmetic operation to obtain a number of remaining frames; and    a display control device that implements control so as to display the number of remaining frames obtained through the arithmetic operation executed by the arithmetic operation device by using the numeral display element and the auxiliary display element.    
     
     
         17 . An electronic camera according to  claim 16 , wherein: 
 a 3-digit numerical value can be displayed at the numeral display element;    a mark indicating thousands is displayed at the auxiliary display element; and    the display control device implements control so as to display the number of remaining frames by using the numeral display element alone when the number of remaining frames is equal to or smaller than 999 and to display the number of remaining frames by using both the numeral display element and the auxiliary display element when the number of remaining frames is equal to or greater than 1000.    
     
     
         18 . An electronic camera according to  claim 16 , further comprising: 
 a setting element display element that displays information related to a setting for at least either a number of recording pixels or an image recording quality; and    a setting element change device that changes the setting for at least either the number of recording pixels or the image recording quality, wherein: 
 the arithmetic operation device recalculates through the arithmetic operation the number of remaining frames based upon the setting for at least either the number of recording pixels or the image recording quality having been changed by the setting element change device; and  
 the display control device implements control so as to display the recalculated number of remaining frames by using the numeral display element and the auxiliary display element and display the information related to the setting for at least either the number of recording pixels or the image recording quality having been changed by the setting element change device by using the setting element display element.  
   
     
     
         19 . An electronic camera according to  claim 18 , wherein: 
 the display control device implements control so as to substantially turn off display at display elements other than the numeral display element, the auxiliary display element and the setting element display element in a display device during change processing executed by the setting element change device.