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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 8059186 | Camera having a focus adjusting system and a face recognition function A camera having a focus adjusting system and a face recognition function includes a photographing optical system; an image pickup device; a focus adjusting device which performs a focus search process in which the image pickup device captures object images at differ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8049811 | Automatic focusing apparatus and method for digital images using automatic filter switching An apparatus and method for automatically focusing a lens of a digital imaging device, such as a digital still or video camera or camera phone, that reduces the auto focus time while not compromising image sharpness quality and simultaneously reducing device power c... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049810 | Imaging apparatus and method If an aperture of the objective-imaging is the same as an aperture when a state has turned into a focused state with autofocus before the objective-imaging or if an F value of the objective-imaging is equal to or greater than an F value when a state has turned into ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8040428 | Method for focus control A camera or other optical system is focused by generating a plurality of digital images each obtained with a different focus setting of the optical system. These images are analysed to generate for each image a score (S) by comparing first groups of pixels chosen fr... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040426 | Automatic focusing mechanism An automatic focusing mechanism comprises a plurality of lenses and an image sensor disposed along an optical axis, an electromagnetic driving device for generating an electromagnetic force to drive the image sensor to move along the optical axis, and a position-lim... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040427 | Imaging device and autofocusing method In a digital video camera according to one aspect of the invention, a black level of a video signal is specified during an initialization process. An autofocusing process obtains an AF evaluation value and a brightness evaluation value at each current position of a ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8031257 | Zoom lens control apparatus and optical instrument A zoom lens control apparatus, which moves a first lens group and a second lens group positioned behind the first lens group on the optical axis of the first lens group with respect to a photographic subject in the optical axis direction when performing a zoom opera... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026973 | Imaging apparatus, imaging method and storage medium An imaging apparatus comprises a focusing unit configured to focus an object to be shot by an imaging unit, a first shooting control unit configured to control the imaging unit in order to continuously shooting at first time intervals upon detecting a shooting instr... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8026972 | Picture-taking lens unit A camera according to the present invention includes a picture-taking lens unit including a picture-taking optical system having a bending optical system which optically bends incident light and an optical finder unit including a finder optical system having a bendi... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023038 | Camera module A camera module includes a lens, an image sensor, a carrier carrying the image sensor, two spring supporting members, a frame, a base and a printed circuit board. The carrier has a comb-shaped first electrode having a number of first teeth. The carrier is suspended ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023037 | Focus-adjustment signal generating apparatus and method, and imaging apparatus and method with manual focus adjustments A focus-adjustment signal generating apparatus includes a filter to extract a high-frequency component at a specific frequency or higher from a luminance signal of an input video signal, a comparator to compare an absolute value of the high-frequency component with ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023035 | Auto-focusing apparatus and image pickup apparatus including the same An auto-focusing apparatus and an image pickup apparatus reliably achieving a focal state in accordance with a recording format are provided. In each apparatus, auto-focus adjustment is implemented by modifying a process of generating an AF evaluation value indicati... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023036 | Automatic focusing system focus area control In a focus demand connected to a lens unit of a television camera, a joystick for designating the direction of movement of an AF area is disposed. A direction change switch for reversing the direction of movement of the AF area with respect to the direction of opera... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8013928 | Image pickup device and camera module using the same An image pickup device includes a signal processing unit which processes a signal generated by separating a luminous signal into wavelength components of two or more colors by use of a sensor unit including two-dimensionally arranged pixels to which a wavelength sep... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004596 | Apparatus for processing a digital image to automatically select a best image from a plurality of images and method of controlling the apparatus An apparatus and appertaining method for controlling the apparatus are provided for processing a digital image, which can capture an image with reduced hand shake effect without using a hand shake sensor. The apparatus includes: an image input unit receiving a plura... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004597 | Focusing control apparatus and method The invention discloses a focusing control apparatus applied in an image recording system. The focusing control apparatus of the invention includes an evaluating unit and a control module. The evaluating unit can generate a plurality of focus values in accordance wi... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999874 | Image-pickup apparatus and focus controlling method The image-pickup apparatus performs a scan operation for sequentially obtaining focus evaluation values with movement of a focus lens and calculates an in-focus position on the focus evaluation values. The apparatus includes a controller configured to divide a movab... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995131 | Auto-focusing imaging device and auto-focusing image capture method thereof An imaging device includes a capturing module with at least one lens for capturing an image from a scene, a driving module for driving the at least one lens to different focusing positions using different driving steps, a flat-scene judging module, and a step-judgin... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995132 | Image sensing apparatus, image sensing method, and recording medium which records photographing method Photographing at a fixed focus is executed by quickly canceling the autofocus without any labor for mode switching or the like. An image sensing apparatus includes a photographing unit which has an autofocus function and photographs an object image, a key input unit... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7982794 | Digital cameras with triangulation autofocus systems and related methods Digital cameras with triangulation auto focus systems include a spot beam emitter than can be used to project a spot onto a subject that is captured in an image and used to electronically automatically determine a subject to camera distance. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978253 | Image pickup device using blur processing and control method thereof An image pickup device includes a system control section which determines an area with closest proximity as an AF area among AF evaluation areas in a central part of an image. In addition, a block with the same distance as the AF area is determined as a main subject... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978252 | Imaging apparatus, imaging system, and imaging method An imaging apparatus, imaging system, and imaging method enabling restoration of image according to a plurality of optical systems by one apparatus, having a plurality of imaging apparatuses 100A to 100C each having an optical system 110, phase ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978254 | Image capturing apparatus, its controlling method, and program The present invention enables showing main objects position as position of focus measuring point even in case main object has moved after focusing by focus control unit, within the image screen due to framing alternation. It is an image capturing apparatus wherein i... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969501 | Method and apparatus for auto-focusing in image sensor For auto-focusing of a focusing lens within an image sensing system, an N-bin luminance histogram is generated by a digital signal processor from an image. A microprocessor determines a type of the image from the N-bin luminance histogram. The microprocessor also de... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969502 | Focus adjusting apparatus and focus adjusting method An apparatus, such as a focus adjusting apparatus, includes a focus adjusting system, a driving device which drives the focus adjusting system from one of a state in which a near-distance object is in focus and a state in which a far-distance object is in focus to t... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7961245 | Image surface illuminance varying apparatus, exposure correcting apparatus, and exposure correcting method An image surface illuminance varying apparatus includes a variable power optical system in which the optical power thereof can be varied by changing a relative position of a plurality of optical elements thereof; and a light-quantity ratio varying optical element wh... | 06/14/2011 |
