The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 23, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1988
Masao Takuma, Toyanaka, JP;
Kiyotada Kawakami, Osaka, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a video camera, a level of a high frequency component and a luminance level of a video signal in the same area set on a picture are detected to find a focus evaluating value and an exposure evaluating value. Automatic focusing control and automatic iris control are performed in response to these evaluating values. When it is determined that the detected exposure evaluating value fluctuated over a predetermined width or more, an automatic focusing operation is immediately stopped and performed again from the beginning if the automatic focusing operation is being performed, while the automatic focusing operation is prohibited from being started if the automatic focusing operation is being stopped.