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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184198 | Image-taking apparatus having optical view finder and autofocus capability Disclosed herein is an image-taking apparatus including, a image pickup device, an optical viewfinder, focusing controlling means, display controlling means, setting means, and alarming means. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8106998 | Image pickup apparatus and focusing condition displaying method In an image pickup apparatus of the present invention, an image of an object is picked up and an image signal representing the object is continuously captured so that a through-the-lens image is displayed based on the captured image signal, and then a display area f... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8026974 | Imaging apparatus, method and program An imaging apparatus that images an image with a solid-state imaging device includes an area defining section that defines an unnecessary image detection area, which may contain an unnecessary image, at a position along an outer edge of an imaged image obtained by t... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8013929 | Image display control apparatus An image display control apparatus includes a determination unit (step S903) adapted to determine whether an image to be displayed is an image captured in a shooting mode in which at least one of focus adjustment, exposure control, white balance adjustment, a... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004598 | Focus adjustment apparatus and image capturing apparatus A focus adjustment apparatus or an image capturing apparatus is provided with a system controller. The system controller calculates a correlation value between an image in a focus detection area when a focusing lens is located at a lens position apart by a predeterm... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7973851 | Auto-focus system An auto-focus system comprising an AF area indicating device for indicating a range of an AF area in the shooting screen, an AF area changing device for changing a range of an AF area to be set in the focus controlling device to a range of an AF area indicated by th... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7889270 | Image pickup apparatus and display control method An image pickup apparatus using a solid image pickup device includes a manual focus adjusting unit configured to control the position of a focus lens in response to a user's input operation; an edge detecting unit configured to detect edge components of each pixel f... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7855744 | Image pickup apparatus and a notification operation control method An image-pickup apparatus which includes an imaging unit configured for obtaining object images, a notification unit configured to perform notification that images are being obtained by the imaging unit, a macro-mode setting unit configured to set the imaging unit i... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7796183 | Focus state display A portable telephone 10 comprises: focus state judging means 30 for judging whether or not an image captured from a camera 12 is in a focus state; focus state display means 31 for indicating both the focus state and a focus direction with... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7697057 | Image-pickup apparatus indicating a focused area and camera An image-pickup apparatus including: a photographing optical system (100); an image-pickup device (102) having a first driving mode for outputting charges in a predetermined number of pixels and a second driving mode for outputting charges in a number ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7623178 | Focus verification in a digital imaging device Disclosed are digital imaging devices that embody a method or algorithm for transitioning from a displayable focus process to a high speed focus process which can be displayed, and wherein the transition is accomplished in a seamless fashion. In addition, the digita... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7593052 | Image sensing apparatus having a focus adjustment device, and control method thereof This invention has as its object to prevent a conventional problem in that the focal point position cannot be determined before and after an in-focus point, even in a slow shutter mode. To this end, a camera control microcomputer of a video camera determines the dri... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7551223 | Apparatus, method, and computer program for imaging and automatic focusing In a still image shooting mode, when a user does not specify a position of an AF frame, an AF process is performed for an AF region of a comparatively large range whose center is in a center of a shooting frame. When the user taps on any position in an EVF area, a t... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7433586 | Camera with an auto-focus function A first area of a predetermined size is set as a focus area from which AF evaluation values are picked up in AF control when a focus mode is a normal one. When the focus mode changes to a macro mode, a second area narrower than the first area is set as the AF area. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424217 | Method of evaluating image information, photographing device, and storage medium having program stored thereon An evaluation on image information is indicated before operating a shutter operating section. For example, a method of evaluating image information includes: (a) a step of converting an optical image of an object to be photographed into electrical image information;... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421195 | Apparatus for acquiring focussing information and method of acquiring focusing information A storage unit is configured to store beforehand a table that shows a relation between spread parameters and command values supplied to a control unit to acquire a focused image of an object, and information that designates a command value corresponding to an inflec... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7382461 | Analysis method and apparatus utilizing attenuated total reflection An image of a light beam, which has been totally reflected from an interface between a dielectric material block and a thin film layer of an analysis chip for supporting a sample, is detected with photodetector and as a two-dimensional image constituted of pixels ar... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7365789 | Autofocus method and apparatus An object of this invention is to provide an autofocus method and apparatus capable of always performing proper focusing operation. To achieve this object, a control device drives a focus lens in accordance with the operation of an operation device, and stores the s... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356254 | Image processing method, apparatus, and program An image of a region in which a blur tends to clearly appear is extracted from a digital photograph image as a blur checking regional image. Then, the extracted blur checking regional image is displayed in a size appropriate for the resolution of a display device. | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339613 | Method of monitoring digital camera capable of informing user of inadequate photographing A method of controlling a digital camera includes performing photographing of an object, determining whether the amount of exposure is appropriate and shakiness is present, and notifying a user of such information if the amount of exposure is not appropriate or shak... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330644 | Recording device A camera apparatus includes a single release switch member. The single release switch member is for instructing an image capture operation, and selects one of a first operative state and a second operative state. The first operative state is selected when the single... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324151 | Photographing apparatus, and method and program for displaying focusing condition Luminance components of image profile portions are extracted from luminance components (Y components) included in image data corresponding to an image within a focus frame. A profile component evaluation value is obtained by totalizing the absolute values of two-dim... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7298411 | Digital camera An operational state of C-AF processing is judged. If the operational state is judged to not be a focused state, when the operational state is a state of fine adjustment, only a range in a vicinity of a current position of a focus lens is searched, and a focused sta... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295243 | Autofocus apparatus having a flash synchronized to an autofocus sampling time The autofocus apparatus determines a focus position according to a result of sampling an AF evaluated value and drives a lens system to the focus position. This autofocus apparatus further performs a flash in synchronism with a sampling timing of an AF evaluated val... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286179 | Defective pixel filtering for digital imagers Defective pixels in a CMOS array give rise to spot noise that diminishes the integrity of the resulting image. Because CMOS arrays and digital logic can be fabricated on the same integrated circuit using the same processing technology and relatively inexpensive and ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7271839 | Display device of focal angle and focal distance in iris recognition system The present invention relates to a display device of a focal angle and distance in an iris recognition system, in which the device includes: a distance measurer for measuring a distance between a user and an iris recognition camera, and an indicator for quantitative... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7248301 | System and method for providing camera focus feedback Disclosed are systems and method for providing feedback to a user. In one embodiment, a system and a method pertain to analyzing levels of focus of discrete portions of an image, evaluating a relative focus of the image portions, and identifying to a user the image ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248796 | Imaging apparatus and method, recording medium, and program An image capturing apparatus includes: a focal position adjusting device operable to adjust a focal position of an optical system to a predetermined position in a first image capture period and change the focal position of the optical system in a second image captur... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7215373 | Object distance display apparatus to display an object distance based on measured object distance data The object distance display apparatus displays object distances according to actually measured object distance data entered in advance, matched with focusing lens positions acquired from a television lens device, and enables, when the apparatus is connected to the t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206022 | Camera system with eye monitoring In one aspect of the invention a camera system is provided having an image capture system adapted to capture an image of a scene during an image capture sequence and an eye monitoring system adapted to determine eye information including a direction of the gaze of a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7099575 | Manual focus device and autofocus camera A digital still camera includes an aperture stop opening, a taking lens system, and a CCD pickup element. In a manual focus device, an iris shifting mechanism sets the aperture stop opening in an aperture stop unit with reference to a first light amount gravity cent... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7061533 | Image processing apparatus An image processing system which processes an image signal, and determines, extracts and corrects defective pixel signals from defective pixels in a sensor array including a plurality of pixels. A given pixel signal from a pixel in the array is determined to be defe... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7053953 | Method and camera system for blurring portions of a verification image to show out of focus areas in a captured archival image In one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for using a display having a predetermined display resolution to show out of focus areas in an archival image having a greater resolution than the predetermined display resolution. In this method, a verifi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7034881 | Camera provided with touchscreen An electronic camera is provided with a touchscreen. When a cameraman touches the touchscreen on a principal subject in a captured image shown on the touchscreen, the touched portion is determined and the focus and exposure are adjusted in conformity with the princi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6937284 | Focusing aid for camera An indication of sharpness of focus is provided to a user to assist in focusing a camera. In one embodiment, the camera is coupled to a personal computer. An algorithm is implemented by the personal computer to determine a sharpness of focus based upon differences b... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6922527 | Image display apparatus and print system The image display apparatus reads image data, which is recorded by a digital camera etc., from a recording medium etc.; sets an in-focus frequency spectrum threshold for in-focus determination according to the resolution (pixel count) and compressibility of the inpu... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6917384 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR METHOD OF SETTING PLURAL PHOTOGRAPHIC MODES AND VARIABLE SPECIFIC REGION OF IMAGE SENSING, AND PROVIDING MODE SPECIFIC COMPRESSION OF IMAGE DATA IN THE SPECIFIC REGION When a region of interest of an image is compressed with high quality by an image sensing apparatus, such as a digital camera or the like, the region of interest (ROI) can be compressed by a compression coefficient different from that of other regions of the image a... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915072 | Finder, marker presentation member, and presentation method of positioning marker for calibration photography A finder apparatus which is used together with a photographing apparatus presents a marker for positioning for setting relative positions of the photographing apparatus and an object for calibration so as to be visually recognizable by an operator in a finder config... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6888567 | Electronic photographing apparatus and electronic photographing apparatus system A photographing optical system photographs an object as an image. A data processing section converts an optical image of the object photographed by the photographing optical system into digital image data, and records the converted image data. A display section disp... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6812969 | Digital camera Provided is a digital camera in which the user can easily recognize that an image is out of focus by viewing a display image. At the time of live view display, image capturing is performed every predetermined time in an image capturing unit 3 and images for l... | 11/02/2004 |
