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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2008
Hirofumi Kawaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Miura, Osaka, JP;
Akihiro Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Shoichi Yokoi, Osaka, JP;
Hidetsugu Ichino, Osaka, JP;
Ikuhiro Sakurai, Osaka, JP;
Masanori Kouyama, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Kawaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Miura, Osaka, JP;
Akihiro Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Shoichi Yokoi, Osaka, JP;
Hidetsugu Ichino, Osaka, JP;
Ikuhiro Sakurai, Osaka, JP;
Masanori Kouyama, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The imaging device of the present invention includes an image generator that generates an electric image from optical information inputted thereto; an operation portion that receives an instruction for a shooting preparation operation or a shooting operation from a user; a scene discriminator that discriminates a shooting scene on the basis of the image generated by the image generator and a picture quality adjuster that adjusts the picture quality of the image generated by the image generator on the basis of a result of discrimination performed by the scene discriminator. Due to this configuration, it is possible to discriminate an optimum shooting scene on the basis of an image to be captured, and consequently the operability can be improved.