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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2015
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Khang Nguyen, Osaka, JP;

Takashi Kawamura, Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H04N 5/23287 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a video recording apparatus that can generate image signals to increase a difference in amount of blur in recording video using a rolling shutter during wobbling, and includes: an image sensor that generates an image signal corresponding to an image; a driving unit that drives a focus lens along an optical axis; and a control unit that controls the driving unit for controlling a focus in an optical system, while the focus lens is wobbling, wherein the control unit (i) generates blur signals to increase a difference in amount of blur in a predetermined region by controlling imaging timings at which the image sensor captures the image, (ii) calculates distance information on a distance to the object to be displayed in the region, using blur signals in the region among the generated blur signals, and (iii) controls the focus using the distance information.


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