Sony patent discloses DSLR with touchscreen LCD.

A new patent shows the design of a Sony Alpha camera with touchscreen. The original description says:

“An imaging apparatus includes: an ocular-type finder; a display section provided below the finder and having a display screen capable of displaying an image; processing means for detecting where a finger touches the display screen and carrying out a process according to the touched position; and a grip serving for gripping purposes provided to the right of the display section, wherein an angled area formed of a right end area and a lower end area is defined in the right half of the display screen, and the processing means includes limited processing means for carrying out a process associated with a touching operation detected only in the angled area when an eye has approached the finder.”

Source: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2010/0134676.html

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