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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Kiyosada Machida, Saitama, JP;
Hatsuko Ogasawara, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Kiyosada Machida, Saitama, JP;
Hatsuko Ogasawara, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/03 (2006.01); G03B 7/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
It is possible to provide a user-friendly camera. Provided is an illumination device for emitting illumination light for photographing by a camera including: a light emission unit which can emit lights of a plurality of different colors and/or a plurality of different light emission amounts as the illumination light; and a light emission control unit which controls the light emission unit so as to continuously emit the illumination light while changing the color and/or the light emission amount as the time elapses, independently of photographing by the camera.