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US08773578B2 Electronic camera with self-adjusting flash and image-capture sensitivity 有权
电子照相机具有自动调整闪光和图像捕捉灵敏度

  • Patent Title: Electronic camera with self-adjusting flash and image-capture sensitivity
  • Patent Title (中): 电子照相机具有自动调整闪光和图像捕捉灵敏度
  • Application No.: US13693135
    Application Date: 2012-12-04
  • Publication No.: US08773578B2
    Publication Date: 2014-07-08
  • Inventor: Hiroshi Takeuchi
  • Applicant: Nikon Corporation
  • Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
  • Assignee: Nikon Corporation
  • Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation
  • Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
  • Agency: Oliff PLC
  • Priority: JP2004-112248 20040406; JP2004-163288 20040601
  • Main IPC: H04N5/235
  • IPC: H04N5/235 H04N5/222
Electronic camera with self-adjusting flash and image-capture sensitivity
Abstract:
An electronic camera includes: an image-capturing unit with variable image-capturing sensitivity, which captures an image of a subject through a photographic lens; a brightness detection unit that detects subject brightness; an exposure calculation unit that executes an exposure calculation by using the image-capturing sensitivity set at the image-capturing unit and the detected subject brightness; a flash quantity calculation unit that calculates a main flash quantity for a flash unit that illuminates the subject when capturing an image thereof; and a sensitivity adjusting unit that adjusts the image-capturing sensitivity so as to achieve optimal exposure with a main flash quantity within a flash quantity control range of the flash unit when the main flash quantity calculated by the flash quantity calculation unit is outside the flash quantity control range. And if the image-capturing sensitivity has been adjusted by the sensitivity adjusting unit, the exposure calculation unit re-executes the exposure calculation.
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