Olympus Corporation

Olympus Imaging Corporation

Akira Yukitake

Koh Yokokawa

Hisashi Suekane

Hiroyuki Watanabe

Keiji Kunishige

Takashi Fujii

Takeshi Suzuki

Masami Totsuka

Takashi Hamada

Masaomi Tomizawa

Yoichiro Okumura

Yuki Mishio

Takeshi Kawawa

Takuya Kobayashi

Takeshi Kobayashi

An imaging device, comprising a movement range restriction section, that, at the time of shooting standby, when rotating the image sensor based on detection result from an angular speed detection sensor or calculation result from a horizontal angle calculation section, restricts a region in which the image sensor is capable of moving to a first region that includes a central region of the optical axis of a photographing optical system, so as to maximize an angular range in which the image sensor can rotate, wherein, based on an instruction of a shooting instruction interface, the movement range restriction section sets a range in which the image sensor is capable of moving to a second region that includes the first region, and that is wider than at the time of shooting standby.

Imaging device and control method for imaging device

An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit; an image clipping unit configured to clip a predetermined area from each of images; an analyzing unit configured to analyze the sequentially clipped predetermined areas and generate an analysis result indicating an identified subject; an autofocus (AF) target determination unit configured to determine an AF target in the images based on the analysis result; an AF mode determination unit configured to select and determine an optimal AF mode based on the analysis result and a determination result; a touch panel; an input detection unit; and an imaging control unit configured to repeat control of moving a position of the predetermined area, causing the analyzing unit to analyze the predetermined area of a latest image, causing the AF target determination unit to determine the AF target, and causing the AF mode determination unit to select and determine the optimal AF mode.

Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and computer-readable recording medium

Provided is an image pickup apparatus including an image pickup device, an AE control section, an image pickup control section that makes the image pickup device perform shooting, an EVF for image observation by looking thereinto, and an electronic display section, the electronic display section and the EVF alternatively displaying an image, wherein in exposure control, the AE control section sets a first exposure condition that is the same as an exposure condition for capturing image data for recording when the image is displayed on the electronic display section, and sets a second exposure condition that is different from the first exposure condition when the image is displayed on the EVF.

Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method

A camera can display, record and play image data after converting a captured image into the digital data. The camera comprises a guidance display setting means for causing a hierarchical guidance display to be made in order to set at least a control of a shooting operation, an item selection means for selecting an item displayed in the set guidance display, a shooting control setting means for setting a control which corresponds to the selected item, and a display control means for displaying information about a setting when the setting of the control is made.

Camera and control method thereof

An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit for outputting an electronic subject image, a metering unit for computing a metering value from the subject image, a brightness distribution chart generation unit for generating a brightness distribution chart from the subject image, and a display unit for overlaying the brightness distribution chart on the subject image and displaying them, and provides the brightness distribution chart for the display unit in various styles.

Image pickup apparatus with brightness distribution chart display capability

Disclosed herein is a white balance processing apparatus including: white balance processing means for effecting white balance processing on a taken image based on a set white balance value; storage means for storing white balance values employed in the white balance processing of past taken images; and employed value setting means for setting a white balance value employed in the past, stored in the storage means as the white balance value for the taken image.

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Kokubunji, Japan

Akira Yukitake