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Patent No.:

US 9307137 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2014
Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Satoru Ito, Komae, JP;

Assignee:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2352 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging apparatus according to the present invention is an imaging apparatus performing live-view display when not performing the focus adjustment, and also when performing the focus adjustment, and includes: a focus adjustment brightness value calculation section comparing a first brightness value in the photometric area for the live-view display with a second brightness value in the photometric area for the focus adjustment, correcting the first brightness value according to a comparison result, and calculating a brightness value for obtaining the image data for the focus adjustment; an imaging section obtaining the image data by performing exposure using the brightness value calculated by the focus adjustment brightness value calculation section; a focus adjustment section performing the focus adjustment using the image data obtained by the imaging section, and a display section performing the live-view display using the image data obtained by the imaging section.


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Ito, Satoru. (2016). Imaging apparatus and imaging method which perform focus adjustment while performing live-view display (U.S. Patent No. 9307137). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9307137

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