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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1999
Motoshi Yamaguchi, Sakai, JP;
Koutaro Kawabe, Sakai, JP;
Reiji Seki, Tondabayashi, JP;
Akihiko Fujino, Sakai, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A mechanism, of a camera, to let an exposure operation be performed with a higher precision in a shorter time. The mechanism includes: a first device for taking an image of a region to be photographed and for outputting image information; a second device for detecting a subject region on the basis of the image information and for outputting subject region information; a third device for outputting a plurality of photometric values relative to a plurality of divided photometric regions; a fourth device for selecting and outtputting at least one of the photometric values which are output from the third device, on the basis of the subject region information; and a fifth device for calculating an optimal exposure value on the basis of the at least one, selected by the fourth device, of the photometric values.