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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tatsuya Kino, Kodaira, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/243 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 5/243 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup section configured to shoot a live view image between shooting periods of two continuous still images in continuous shooting, a display section configured to display a live view image in a live view display period and display a black image in another period, and a display luminance change section configured to calculate a during-continuous-shooting display luminance value larger than a normal display luminance value to change luminance of the live view image.