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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1990
Tatsuo Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Niimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic exposure control type video camera is designed to cope with the problem of deterioration in the image quality, for an object of higher brightness, by an arrangement in which a diaphragm is actuated when the brightness of the object light is below a predetermined threshold value, and in which the shutter speed is changed when the brightness of the object light is above the predetermined threshold value. More particularly, when the brightness of the object light is below a predetermined value, the shutter speed is set so as to remain constant and rotary diaphragm vanes, for example, are actuated mechanically to control the opening size of the diaphragm to limit the volume of incident light on the image sensing device. Conversely, when the brightness of the object light exceeds a predetermined value and the opening size of the diaphragm vanes reaches a predetermined value, the diaphragm is set so as to remain constant and the shutter is actuated to control the exposure time of the image sensing device to limit the incident light volume.