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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoko Senuma, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358227 ; 358225 ; 354402 ;
Abstract
A video camera system has a movable focusing lens which is automatically focused to form a sharp subject image on a CCD. The CCD generates a video signal based on light transmitted from a subject through the movable focusing lens. Maximum contrast data are produced from each horizontal scanning line in an image frame in a field on the CCD, and are then integrated by an integrator. The movable focusing lens is controlled in order to maximize the integrated contrast data.