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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Tsutomu Kuroki, Hachioji, JP;
Takeshi Kindaichi, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Tsutomu Kuroki, Hachioji, JP;
Takeshi Kindaichi, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 9/68 (2006.01); G03B 13/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G03B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an automatic focusing device generating a luminance signal by scanning a picked-up digital image signal, evaluating the contrast of the luminance signal, and driving its focusing based on the evaluation; the scanning includes at least a part where scan is performed in a zigzag-like manner. With this configuration, focusing is facilitated for an object having no high frequency components in the horizontal direction. This invention can be understood as an invention of a method.