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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Takashi Kawamura, Kyoto, JP;
Yasunobu Ogura, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Kawamura, Kyoto, JP;
Yasunobu Ogura, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
PANASONIC CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 3/00 (2006.01); G03B 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G03B 3/00 (2013.01); G03B 7/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera limits an EDOF range using F-DOF through user interactions without causing any discomfort, and includes: a user input unit for accepting input of a focal length; a range determination unit for determining a moving range of an in-focus position, based on the focal length; and an imaging unit for capturing an image in such a manner that the in-focus position moves in the moving range during a exposure time.