Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Auto-focusing electronic camera that focuses on a characterized portion of an object
- Patent Title (中): 自动对焦电子照相机，专注于物体的特征部分
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Application No.: US11172964Application Date: 2005-07-05
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Publication No.: US08194173B2Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: Takumi Kawahara , Yasuyuki Motoki , Akira Ohmura
- Applicant: Takumi Kawahara , Yasuyuki Motoki , Akira Ohmura
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Nikon Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- Priority: JP2004-209671 20040716; JP2004-209673 20040716
- Main IPC: G03B13/00
- IPC: G03B13/00 ; H04N5/232
Abstract:
An electronic camera includes a menu providing section that provides a focus area selection menu that allows a user to select a focus area, a characterizing portion detecting section that detects a characterizing portion of an object, and an area setting section that sets a focus area based on the characterizing portion detected by the characterizing portion detecting section. The focus area selection menu that is provided by the menu providing section to the user includes, as a selection item, a focus area to be set by the area setting section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060012702A1 Electronic camera Public/Granted day:2006-01-19
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