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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2003
Hisashi Suekane, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Totsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Fujii, Saitama, JP;
Akira Yukitake, Tokyo, JP;
Koh Yokokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Suekane, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Totsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Fujii, Saitama, JP;
Akira Yukitake, Tokyo, JP;
Koh Yokokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit for outputting an electronic subject image, a metering unit for computing a metering value from the subject image, a brightness distribution chart generation unit for generating a brightness distribution chart from the subject image, and a display unit for overlaying the brightness distribution chart on the subject image and displaying them, and provides the brightness distribution chart for the display unit in various styles.