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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189090 | Image pick-up apparatus and control method therefor An image pick-up apparatus capable of displaying a detected subject region in a field of view of an optical finder intelligibly, and shortening a time until achieving a focus on a subject so as to decrease a release time lag. A focus detection unit detects data conc... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184196 | System and method to generate depth data using edge detection Systems and methods of generating depth data using edge detection are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, first image data is received corresponding to a scene recorded by an image capture device at a first focus position at a first distance. Second image data is... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184197 | Focus detecting apparatus and image pick-up apparatus having the same Disclosed are a focus detecting apparatus capable detection in various light illumination conditions and an image acquiring apparatus having the same. The focus detecting apparatus may include a mark disposed on a primary image plane. A pair of images of the mark is... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8174607 | Image pickup device An image pickup device includes an image pickup element that receives light of an object image formed by a picture-taking lens; and a focus detection filter section that is so disposed near the image pickup element and on the side of the picture-taking lens as to be... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169533 | Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus including the same A zoom lens system having a high zoom ratio and excellently correcting various aberrations over an entire zoom range between a wide angle end and a telephoto end to obtain high optical performance in the entire zoom range, includes, in order from an object side to a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169530 | Camera having an autofocusing system An autofocus camera having a face recognition function, includes a photographing optical system including a focusing lens group; an image pickup device; an autofocusing system which performs a focus search process, and further performs a focusing operation in which ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169532 | Portable electronic device and method for measuring distance by performing auto focus function A portable electronic device for measuring a distance of an object by performing an auto focus function and a distance measuring method are provided. The portable electronic device includes an image pickup module and a distance measuring program. The image pickup mo... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169531 | System and method for automatically focusing an optical lens of an image measuring machine A system and method for automatically focusing an optical lens controls the light generated by a light-emitting device of an image measuring machine to penetrate a glass sheet, so as to project a picture of the glass sheet onto an object. The system and method furth... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164681 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device configured to capture an image regarding an object image; an object detector detecting a specific object in the captured image; an image-capturing-information obtaining unit obtaining image capturing informat... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164680 | Imaging system and camera body An imaging system includes an interchangeable lens and a camera body. The camera body includes a second communication unit capable of communicating with a first communication unit, an imaging element operable to generate an image signal from the optical image, and a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164679 | Image-capturing device, camera, method for constructing image-capturing device and image-capturing method for executing display of a live view and a focus detection operation simultaneously An image-capturing device includes: a plurality of first pixels disposed along a first direction; a plurality of second pixels different from the first pixels disposed along the first direction in admixture with the plurality of first pixels; and an adder that adds ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159600 | Auto-focus image system An auto focus image system that includes a pixel array coupled to a focus signal generator. The pixel array captures an image that has at least one edge with a width. The focus signal generator may generate a focus signal that is a function of the edge width and/or ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159599 | Focus detection apparatus, focus detection method, and image sensing apparatus A focus detection apparatus includes an image sensor which includes a pair of pixel groups, outputs a first image signal from one of the pair of pixel groups, and outputs a second image signal from the other of the pair of pixel groups, where the pair of pixel group... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159598 | Distance estimation apparatus, distance estimation method, storage medium storing program, integrated circuit, and camera Attempts to achieve a higher resolution and a higher frame rate of a distance image when a distance to an object within a target space is estimated using the TOF method would cause CCD saturation due to shot noise or environment light, and lower distance precision. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159597 | Focus control device and focus control method Even when a point light source is present in a subject or a normal subject is erroneously determined as a point light source in determination of the presence or absence of a point light source, the following is implemented: the driving time of a focus lens is shorte... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149323 | System and method to autofocus assisted by autoexposure control In a particular embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes comparing a frame rate of image capture by an image sensor to a frame rate threshold at an image capture device. The method also includes when the frame rate is less than the frame rate threshold, incre... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144237 | Image pickup optical system and image pickup apparatus An image pickup optical system including: a first prism including: a first incident surface where subject beam enters; a division surface for dividing the beam from the first incident surface into image-pickup beam and focus-detection beam; and a first exit surface ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144236 | Photography device and photography method A photography device that includes an imaging component, a focusing component, a magnification alteration component, a display component, an acquisition component and a control component is provided. The focusing component focuses a subject image on an imaging surfa... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144235 | Image pickup device and image pickup method An easy-to-carry image pickup device is provided to obtain images with multiple view angles in which a target subject is positioned in an appropriate size. When capturing an image of a person as a target subject, the size and position of the person's face in the ima... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144234 | Image display apparatus, image capturing apparatus, and image display method An apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains a captured image containing face detection information related to a face of an object detected during image capture, and information related to a focus detection area utilized during the image capture, an extracti... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139137 | Focusing method, suitable for an image capturing apparatus using in an environment of low brightness and image capturing apparatus using the same A focusing method, suitable for an image capturing apparatus using in an environment of low brightness, is provided herein. The focusing method includes that an image sensing unit in the image capturing apparatus is wholly or partially divided into a plurality of re... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139138 | System and method for measuring accuracy of focus A reliable and repeatable accuracy of focus measurement device to measure the focus accuracy of cameras that employ a different light path between the lens and the focusing sensor and between the lens and the film or image sensor. The measurement device includes a f... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139139 | Imaging apparatus with phase difference detecting sensor An imaging apparatus having a function of enabling focus detection at high speed while exposing an image sensor to light. Imaging apparatus 1 has: a first photoelectric converting element (image sensor 10) that converts an optical image formed on an im... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139140 | Imaging device A digital camera has an optical system, an image capturing unit, an aperture adjuster, a focal point adjuster, and a body microcomputer. The aperture adjuster has an aperture included in the optical system and is capable of adjusting the state of the aperture. The f... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134636 | Autofocusing optical system using tunable lens system A method for providing auto focus for camera module that is electrically tunable using liquid crystal optical element is provided. The liquid crystal optical element includes substrate layers, insulating layer, three electrodes, liquid crystal layer between the subs... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134635 | Manual focus adjustment assistance apparatus An image capturing apparatus includes an optical system which forms an image of a subject. An image sensor converts the image formed by the optical system into a video signal. A focus operating unit changes the focusing status produced by the optical system accordin... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8115855 | Method, an apparatus and a computer readable storage medium for controlling an assist light during image capturing process Digital photographing devices traditionally comprise an assist light that illuminates the object being photographed in low light conditions The solution concerns a method comprising exposing an image frame comprising a window of interest; performing an autofocus for... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111321 | Imaging device and method for its image processing, with face region and focus degree information An imaging device, such as a camera, may be provided with a focus-shift structure configured to shift a focal position; a solid-state image sensing element configured to convert an optical image of a photographing subject to image data; and an image processing unit ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106996 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus includes a face detector configured to provide a face detection process based on image data obtained from an image pickup optical system that includes a focus lens configured to provide a focus control, a focus lens position extractor confi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106995 | Image-taking method and apparatus There is provided an image-taking method and apparatus capable of quickly taking an image in which a human face is in focus. When an instruction to take an image is input, multiple images are taken with different focus positions. A human face in each of the images i... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106997 | Image pickup apparatus In an image pickup apparatus, a light receiving unit produces a first signal at a first timing and a second signal at a second timing later than the first timing. First and second parameters for detecting a scene change are acquired based on the first and second sig... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102462 | Imaging device, focusing method and program An image processing circuit/CPU performs AF processing in response to a halfway shutter operation and upon confirmation of a shooting shutter instruction causes a light emitting unit in a flash circuit to emit light, and decides an amount of light to be emitted at a... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102461 | Mobile communication terminal and method for displaying image using focus information thereof A portable terminal and a method for displaying an image using focus information are disclosed. An interested area of the captured subject image can be rapidly displayed on the display. The captured subject image can be displayed on the display, according to the fea... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8085338 | Imaging apparatus and camera system An imaging apparatus includes an optical system including a focus lens, a driver configured to drive the focus lens, a controller configured to control a supply of power to the driver, and a setting unit configured to set a power supply mode for specifying a method ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085337 | Image-pickup apparatus The image-pickup apparatus includes an image acquiring part respectively photoelectrically converting first and second object images respectively formed by first and second light fluxes into first image data and second image data, the first and second light fluxes b... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077249 | Imaging apparatus, imaging method and program An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit to pick up an image of a subject, a focusing unit to perform focusing on the subject included in an autofocus area in an imaging range of the imaging unit, a display unit to display an image obtained by picking up an ima... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068165 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus where images of good quality can be obtained without being affected by the diffraction phenomenon and without recourse to any polishing. The imaging apparatus is adapted to form a subject image on an imaging plane having light receptor elements ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068164 | Face recognition auto focus apparatus for a moving image A data processing device includes: a face-detecting unit to detect a face region from an input image input from an imaging unit which images a subject including a face; a setting unit to calculate subject distance based on the face size of the face detected by the f... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063977 | Photosensor and focus detecting device The arrangement of focus-detecting sensors for autofocus in multipoint range finding and the arrangement of light detection sensors for focus detecting regions are optimized. Further, the chip area and power consumption are reduced. Light detection sensors are provi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063978 | Image pickup device, focus detection device, image pickup apparatus, method for manufacturing image pickup device, method for manufacturing focus detection device, and method for manufacturing image pickup apparatus An image pickup device includes a pixel unit which has first pixels and second pixels. A first photoelectric conversion unit is configured to generate charges corresponding to light incident upon each of the first pixels. A first control unit is connected to the fir... | 11/22/2011 |
