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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:
Jan. 12, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
35821319 ; 358228 ;
Abstract
A method for controlling the amount of the exposure of a television camera whereby a luminance signal from only a selected portion of an overall photometric range of the camera is employed for adjusting the exposure. A first signal is produced specifying the selected photometric range. In response to this signal, and further in response to horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals from the television camera in synchronization with the scanning of an electron beam in the camera, a range signal is produced when the scanning beam is within the specified photometric range. The luminance signal outputted by the television camera only at that time is employed for exposure control.