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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2006
Kazutaka Yoshizawa, Daito, JP;
Kohei Fukukawa, Higashiosaka, JP;
Kazuhiro Tsujino, Matsubara, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-shi, JP;
Abstract
An electronic camera includes an imaging device. The imaging device carries out an exposing operation for exposing an object scene and an amplifying operation for amplifying a raw image signal generated by the exposing operation, according to a set imaging parameter. A CPU selects one program chart satisfying a parameter condition, from a plurality of program charts stored in a flash memory, and extracts three imaging parameters from the selected program chart. The extracted imaging parameters are set to the imaging device. The imaging parameter here includes exposure time, amount of aperture, and AGC gain as parameter elements. In addition, the parameter condition includes an AGC gain condition in that each of three AGC gains defining respectively the three imaging parameters is equal to or less than a predetermined value and an exposure time condition in that three exposure times defining respectively the three imaging parameters are shorter.