摘要:
An automatic focusing device for foreseeing or predicting the position of object after a predetermined time, based on plural past focusing operations on the object, utilizing a function of a higher order, and driving a lens for focusing to the predicted object position. According to the present invention there is provided a correcting circuit for correcting the coefficients of the higher-order function to reduce the influence of the measuring errors contained in the past focusing results, thus constantly enabling appropriate focusing.
摘要:
An focus detecting apparatus has a scanning plate disposed on or near the predetermined imaging plane of an objective lens and reciprocally movable to grating-scan the image of an object, a mask having an aperture adjacent to the scanning plate and movable to a desired position in a plane perpendicular to the optic axis of the objective lens to determine a range for detection, a plurality of light-receiving devices for receiving light fluxes passed through the scanning plate and the mask and outputting a signal regarding the focus adjusted state of the objective lens, and a field lens for relating the light fluxes entering the light-receiving devices to each other so as to pass through different areas of the exit pupil of the objective lens.
摘要:
An auto focusing device or a camera including such a device has a focus detecting circuit for detecting the defocus states of a plurality of objects. A calculation circuit calculates a lens position and an aperture value which are capable of placing at least two of the plurality of objects in focus on the basis of the detected defocus states. When a defocus amount difference between the two objects is outside of a predetermined range, the calculation circuit calculates a lens position capable of placing two other objects, the defocused amount difference between which is within the predetermined range, in focus.
摘要:
An auto focusing device for foreseeing-calculating lens driving data for making a lens focus on an object after a predetermined time on the basis of the past focus adjusting operation data and the latest focus detection data. A plurality of distance measuring points are read to effect distance measurements at a time. Data suitable for foreseeing calculation is found from the respective distance measuring points, and the data suitable for foreseeing calculation is specified as the latest focus detection data used for the foreseeing calculation.
摘要:
A focusing detecting device is disclosed having apparatus for forming object light patterns whose relative position changes in conformity with a focus state of an objective lens. Light flux passes through different areas of an exit pupil of the objective lens, and circuitry receives and photoelectrically converts the light patterns, and detects the focus state of the objective lens on the basis of the photoelectrically converted signal. The focusing apparatus accroding to the present invention a plurality of sets of structures for forming light patterns and means for photoelectrically converting the light patterns which are provided at different distances from the position of the optic axis of the objective lens. Also disclosed are means for making (a) the shapes of the areas of the exit pupil through which the light flux is passed to form the light patterns, or (b) intervals between the centers of gravity of said areas, or (c) both, different between a position in the vicinity of the optic axis of the objective lens, and a position distant therefrom.
摘要:
A camera apparatus having means for setting an optical grating at a desired location in the viewfinder includes a viewfinder for observing a prospective image plane of an objective lens, a light dividing mirror for reflecting the light toward the viewfinder, and a scanning plate having a reflective optical grating thereon for scanning the image of an object on the prospective image plane. Light receiving circuitry is provided for receiving light reflected by the optical grating through the light dividing mirror, and for forming an electrical signal representing the focus adjusting state of the objective lens. Structure is provided for setting the optical grating in a desired position in the viewing field of the viewfinder.
摘要:
An auto focus device which foreseeing-calculates a change in the focal plane based on the movement of an object after a predetermined time on the basis of focus detection result in the past and a latest focus detection result, and moves a lens to the foreseeing-calculated position. Whether the data used for the foreseeing calculation are data suitable for the foreseeing calculation is judged each time focus detection is effected, and when it is continuously judged that the data are data unsuitable for the foreseeing calculation, lens driving based on the foreseeing calculation is inhibited.
摘要:
A focus adjusting device which finds the lens driving amount for the position of the image plane in the future based on focus adjustment data obtained in past focus adjustment cycles includes a calculation circuit for calculating the lens driving amount or the position of the image plane in accordance with predetermined functional equations which use the data obtained in the past. The functional equation or equations used may be changed depending upon the number of times in the past over which the focus adjusting cycle was executed, or the reliability, e.g., contrast, of the auto focus signal.
摘要:
An automatic focus adjusting device which takes into account a change in the position of the image plane of an object caused by movement of the object during the focus adjusting operation time and makes a lens in focus to the moving object. The position of the image plane of the object after the focus adjusting operation time is foreseeing-calculated with the result of a past focus adjusting operation as a factor, and the current focus adjusting operation time is foreseen in conformity with the foreseeing-calculated value, and the position of the image plane of the object is again foreseeing-calculated with the foreseen time as a factor.
摘要:
A camera with a mirror device comprises a first mirror, i.e., a main mirror, device for reflecting object light, and a second mirror, i.e., a sub-mirror, device for reflecting light transmitted through the first mirror device to another device, i.e., a focus detector. The second mirror device has a reflective layer formed as a sub-mirror surface formed directly on a base member. With the sub-mirror surface formed by, e.g., evaporation directly on a partial protruded area of the base member, the manufacture process is facilitated, a sub-mirror area can be increased, and reliability and durability are improved because the sub-mirror will not experience variations in its mounting angle or be subject to peeling-off from a separate base member.