Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Sony Corporation

Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha

Tomy Company, Ltd.

Resonac Corporation

The Noguchi Institute

Akihiro Yoshida

Noriaki Ojima

Toshiaki Nakahira

Kenji Shiraishi

Tatsutoshi Kitajima

Kohichi Sugiura

Masanori Ikeda

Joji Nishikido

Norihiro Sakaguchi

Kazuyuki Kamo

Iori Fukushima

Naoki Koshida

Jun Nanpei

Mayu Miyazaki

An organic electronic material including a charge transporting polymer having a structure that is represented by Formula (1) and that is branched in three or more directions (in the formula, Rf's are each independently a fluoroalkyl group, a and b are 0 or 1, and a and b are not both 0 at the same time).

Organic electronic material and use thereof

An imaging apparatus includes a shooting lens having a focus lens for adjusting a degree of focus on an imaging plane; an image sensor converting an optical image of a photographic subject to an electric image signal and outputting it; a confirmation image creator creating a focus state confirmation image in which a part, or a whole of an image expressed by the image signal is enlarged; a display displaying the focus state confirmation image; and a focus evaluation value calculator calculating a focus evaluation value based on the image signal; wherein when a state of an inclination of change in a focus evaluation value calculated at a plurality of positions of the focus lens while moving the focus lens is different from a state of an inclination of change in a focus evaluation value calculated immediately before, the focus state confirmation image is displayed on the display.

Imaging apparatus

An imaging apparatus includes an optical unit capable of changing a focusing position and converting an image of a subject into an electric signal, an image processing device configured to convert the electric signal from the optical unit into imaging data and acquire reference image data before a shooting is taken, a display device configured to display the imaging data, a control device configured to control the image processing device, and a movement-detecting device connected to the image processing device and the control device and configured to detect movement information representing a variation between the imaging data and the reference image data, about each of the imaging data. The image processing device includes a correcting part configured to correct a focusing-area frame representing a focusing position of the imaging data, based on the detected movement information. The control device is configured to control the image processing device to display the corrected focusing-area frame and the imaging data together on the display device when the imaging data are reproduced.

Imaging apparatus, image display apparatus, imaging method, method of displaying image and method of correcting position of focusing-area frame

An imaging device includes an optical imaging system, a solid-state image sensor which converts an optical image of a subject formed by the optical imaging system into an electric image signal, an exposure controller which starts an exposure in response to an instruction to start shooting, an image reader which sequentially read image signals from the solid-state image sensor while the exposure controller continues the exposure, an image processor which sequentially processes the image signals read by the image reader, a display unit which displays image data output from the image processor; and an image display processor which allows the display unit to sequentially display image data processed by the image processor with a predetermined time interval.

Imaging device and imaging control method for reading and displaying image data during exposure

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 including a face region detecting unit and a photographing subject frequency information capturing unit. The detecting unit may be configured to detect a face region from the image data and obtain face region information indicating the detected face region, and wherein the information capturing unit is configured to capture focus degree information indicating a degree of focus for each detected face region. Plural image data, the face region information, and the focus degree information may be stored in the imaging device as a single file.

Imaging device and method for its image processing, with face region and focus degree information

An imaging apparatus including a lens unit and an image pickup unit. The lens unit includes an optical system that projects a subject image onto an imaging device, the imaging device that converts the subject image into an electric signal, an imaging device driving part that drives the imaging device, an signal processing device that converts the electric signal from the imaging device into a digital signal, and a first connection part that connects the lens unit to the imaging pickup unit mechanically and electrically. The imaging pickup unit includes an electric power supply part, a second connection part that connects the lens unit to the imaging pickup unit mechanically and electrically, voltage supply lines that supply output voltage to the lens unit, and a voltage generating circuit that generates the output voltage supplied to the voltage supply lines.

Imaging apparatus, imaging pickup unit connectable to a lens unit, and a lens unit connectable to imaging pickup unit

An imaging device includes an autofocusing section, which moves at least a part of an imaging lens as a focusing lens, and focuses the imaging device on a subject, a photographing distance range setting section, which sets a predetermined distance range including a subject distance to the subject obtained by the autofocusing section as a photographing distance range for photographing, a continuous shooting section, which continuously photographs at a plurality of focused positions in the photographing distance range while moving and stopping the focusing lens according to input of a photographing instruction, and a display section, which displays an image of the subject focused by the autofocusing section and the photographing distance range set by the photographing distance range setting section.

Imaging device and imaging method

An image-pickup apparatus including: a photographing optical system (); an image-pickup device () 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 of pixels fewer than the predetermined number of pixels in the first driving mode; an image display device (); and an auto focus arithmetic control unit () for carrying out auto focus arithmetic control according to an output signal from the image-pickup device (), wherein during an auto focus operation, the auto focus arithmetic control unit () drives the image-pickup device () in the second driving mode, and updates and outputs an image data of an area used for auto focus calculation to the image display device (), and wherein right after the auto focus operation, the auto focus arithmetic control unit () makes the image display device () to display an image thereon to indicate a focused area in the displayed image.

Image-pickup apparatus indicating a focused area and camera

An imaging apparatus that includes a device for discharging charge or F/E-IC for discharging charge accumulated in an imaging device or CCD and for canceling exposure in a discharging term of the charge. The imaging apparatus also includes a light shielding device or mechanical shutter unit for a mechanical shutter, which shields light by the mechanical shutter, and a control device or CPU block for hastening by a predetermined time the charge discharging term of the CCD in the discharging device and a light shielding timing of the mechanical shutter in the light shielding device, when a shutter speed for recording a subject is more than a predetermined time.

Imaging apparatus, imaging method and recording medium for minimizing release time lag

A photographing apparatus is provided that comprises a lens unit (), a CCD (), both of which are used to photograph a subject image, means for processing signal () to process output of the CCD () into a brightness signal and a color signal, and focus adjustment means (). An AF evaluating-value obtaining a section () for the focus adjustment that obtains an AF evaluating value, which is changed depending on a frequency component of a subject, is provided after an edge emphasizing section () of a signal processing circuit. When performing focus control, with a plurality of sets of parameters for the edge emphasizing section () prepared, a plurality of frames are photographed by changing the set of the parameter, and then a difference between arbitrary two AF evaluating values from among a plurality of AF evaluating values obtained, is used to determine a focus moving amount.

Controller for auto-focus in a photographing apparatus

An OB level difference is calculated from the luminance signal levels of at least two frames which are exposed for proper exposure time and for exposure time different from the proper exposure time, and the OB level difference is corrected in an input step of a signal processing circuit. Calculation of the OB level difference is performed regularly from immediately after power on of the equipment, the OB level difference obtained in each frame is multiplied, and a value obtained by dividing the multiplied OB level difference by the number of sampled frames is designated as a correction value.

Level difference correcting method and image pick-up device using the method

An imaging apparatus including a device for discharging charge or F/E-IC for discharging charge accumulated in an imaging device or CCD and for canceling exposure in a discharging term of the charge. The apparatus also includes a light shielding device or mechanical shutter unit for a mechanical shutter, which shields light by the mechanical shutter, and a control device or CPU block for controlling the discharging term of the discharging device and the light shielding timing of the mechanical shutter. The charge discharging term of the CCD in the discharging device is shortened and a light shielding timing of the mechanical shutter in the light shielding device is hastened by the control device or CPU block, when a computer exposure time computed by the control device or CPU block for recording a subject is shorter than an image recording term of one frame.

Imaging apparatus, imaging method and recording medium for minimizing a release time lag

A Lewis acid catalyst composition comprising a specific mixed medium and a Lewis acid catalyst, wherein the Lewis acid catalyst is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds respectively represented by the following formulae (1) and (2):[(RSO)(RSO)N]M,&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)and[(RSO)(RSO)(RSO)C]M. &#x2003;&#x2003;(2)A method for continuously performing a reaction which proceeds in the presence of the above-mentioned Lewis acid catalyst by using a specific mixed medium and the above-mentioned Lewis acid catalyst. A novel Lewis acid catalyst.

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Akihiro Yoshida