IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD OF IMAGING ELEMENT, AND PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20210377479A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17400133

    申请日:2021-08-12

    Abstract: An imaging element includes a reading circuit that reads out pixel data obtained by imaging a subject at a first frame rate, a memory that stores the read pixel data, and an output circuit that outputs image data based on the stored pixel data at a second frame rate. The first frame rate is a frame rate higher than the second frame rate. The pixel data includes phase difference pixel data and non-phase difference pixel data different from the phase difference pixel data. The reading circuit reads out the pixel data of each of a plurality of frames in parallel within an output period defined by the second frame rate as a period in which the image data of one frame is output, and performs reading of the non-phase difference pixel data and a plurality of reading of the phase difference pixel data within the output period.

    IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA OUTPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20210203874A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:US17197009

    申请日:2021-03-09

    Abstract: An imaging element includes: a processing circuit that performs analog/digital conversion on captured image data; a memory that is capable of storing the captured image data obtained as a result of performing the analog/digital conversion by the processing circuit; and an output circuit that outputs output image data based on the captured image data to an exterior of the imaging element, wherein the output circuit includes a first output line and a second output line, the first output line is connected to a first signal processing circuit disposed at the exterior, the second output line is connected to a second signal processing circuit disposed at the exterior, and at least one of an output frame rate or an output data amount of the output image data is different between the first output line and the second output line.

    IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20210168308A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-03

    申请号:US17176176

    申请日:2021-02-15

    Abstract: An imaging element includes a reading circuit, a memory that is capable of storing read captured image data, and an output circuit that outputs output image data based on the captured image data to an outside, in which the reading circuit reads out the captured image data using a first reading method or a second reading method having a smaller read data amount than the first reading method, in a case of the first reading method, a first frame rate corresponds to a second frame rate, in a case of the second reading method, the first frame rate is a frame rate lower than in the case of the first reading method, and the first and second reading methods are switched in accordance with a motion of a subject.

    FOCUSING CONTROL DEVICE, FOCUSING CONTROL METHOD, FOCUSING CONTROL PROGRAM, LENS DEVICE, AND IMAGING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20170237895A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-17

    申请号:US15584031

    申请日:2017-05-02

    Inventor: Hitoshi SAKURABU

    Abstract: A focusing control device includes a phase difference calculation unit 11a which calculates the phase difference between a signal group output from a plurality of pixels 52A for phase difference detection and a signal group output from a plurality of pixels 52B for phase difference detection, a lens drive control unit 11c which drives a focus lens according to a drive amount corresponding to the phase difference, and a phase difference prediction unit 11b which calculates a predicted value of a phase difference at a time t(n+1) based on a coefficient a(n) for converting a phase difference calculated at a time t(n) to a drive amount and the difference Δm(n+1) between a movement amount of the focus lens from the time t(n) at the time t(n+1) after the focus lens starts to move according to the drive amount and the drive amount.

    IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND FOCUS CONTROL METHOD
    56.
    发明申请
    IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND FOCUS CONTROL METHOD 有权
    图像捕获设备和聚焦控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160150153A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-26

    申请号:US15011993

    申请日:2016-02-01

    Inventor: Hitoshi SAKURABU

    Abstract: Provided are an image capture device and a focus control method capable of performing auto-focus (AF) at high speed by reducing time until a focus control is completed even when a focus control based on a phase difference AF method and a focus control based on a contrast AF method are used in combination. A digital camera performs a correlation operation of two images captured by a pixel pair P1, performs a correlation operation of two images captured by a pixel pair P2, and determines reliability of correlation operation results based on information generated from the two correlation operation results. When the reliability is low, the digital camera performs the contrast AF. Here, the digital camera variably controls a movement step (arbitrary distance) when moving a focus lens in a predetermined range to calculate a contrast value, according to the height of the reliability.

    Abstract translation: 提供一种能够通过减少直到焦点控制完成之前的时间来高速执行自动对焦(AF)的图像捕获装置和聚焦控制方法,即使当基于相位差AF方法的聚焦控制和基于 组合使用对比度AF方法。 数字照相机执行由像素对P1拍摄的两幅图像的相关运算,对由像素对P2拍摄的两幅图像进行相关运算,并根据从两个相关运算结果生成的信息,确定相关运算结果的可靠性。 当可靠性低时,数码相机会执行对比度AF。 这里,数字照相机根据可靠性的高度可变地控制在预定范围内移动聚焦透镜时的移动步长(任意距离)以计算对比度值。

    PHOTOGRAPHY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD
    57.
    发明申请
    PHOTOGRAPHY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD 有权
    摄影装置和显示控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140002709A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-02

    申请号:US14015440

    申请日:2013-08-30

    Inventor: Hitoshi SAKURABU

    Abstract: There is provided a photography device including: a display control section; a guiding section; and a guiding control section that, in a state in which the optical image has been guided to the eyepiece portion and the electronic image and the composite image have not been guided to the eyepiece portion, if the photographing conditions are changed, carries out first control that controls the guiding section such that the composite image is guided to the eyepiece portion, and, if a predetermined time elapses after the first control or a predetermined operation is carried out by a user after the first control, carries out second control that controls the guiding section such that the optical image is guided to the eyepiece portion and the electronic image and the composite image are not guided to the eyepiece portion.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种摄影装置,包括:显示控制部; 指导部分 以及引导控制部,其在将光学图像被引导到目镜部分的状态和电子图像以及合成图像未被引导到目镜部分的情况下,如果拍摄条件改变,则执行第一控制 控制引导部使得合成图像被引导到目镜部分,并且如果在第一控制之后经过第一控制或用户执行预定操作之后经过预定时间,则执行控制第二控制的第二控制 引导部分,使得光学图像被引导到目镜部分,并且电子图像和合成图像不被引导到目镜部分。

    IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING IMAGING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20240187732A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18439186

    申请日:2024-02-12

    Inventor: Hitoshi SAKURABU

    CPC classification number: H04N23/672 H04N25/704

    Abstract: The imaging device includes an image sensor that has a plurality of phase difference pixels and outputs phase difference information and a captured image, and at least one processor, in which the processor is configured to acquire subject distance information indicating a distance to a subject existing in a focusing target region and peripheral distance information indicating a distance to an object existing in a peripheral region of the focusing target region based on the phase difference information.

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