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Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hiroya Miura, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Edge components in a predetermined direction of a captured image are extracted to generate a waveform image representing the levels of the extracted edge components and the extracted positions. The waveform image is displayed with the captured image. For example, the operability and visibility for focusing in manual focusing can be improved.


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