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8170409 |
Method and apparatus for controlling flash emission
In a method and apparatus for controlling flash emission, the brightness during pre-emission may be accurately measured even when operating an image sensor using a rolling shutter. When...
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8098986 |
Camera with light emitting function
For flash photography, a rise of a flash emission control pulse precedes emission timing by a predetermined period. A start of flash emission of a flash lamp precedes a start of exposure of an...
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8090253 |
Photographing control method and apparatus using strobe
Provided are a photographing control method and apparatus. The photographing control method includes: obtaining image data from a subject during pre-emission of a strobe, detecting a face region of...
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8073321 |
Controlling an exposure time for digital cameras
Various methods, apparatuses, and systems in which a digital photography device includes a global shutter to control exposure time, a sensor array, and a flash illumination are described. The...
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8041206 |
Imaging apparatus and method for controlling flash emission
An imaging apparatus includes: flash driving means for driving a flash during a set preliminary emission period and a set main emission period; and an image sensor constituted by a plurality of...
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7962030 |
Flash thermal feedback for camera auto-exposure
An intensity of a second flash is determined based at least partly on a predicted thermal condition that is influenced by a first flash that is previous to the second flash. A quality function of...
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7945154 |
Information communication device and external device
An information communication device includes: a packet generation unit that generates a packet including timing data at an end of the packet for specifying to an external device a start timing for...
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7925150 |
Camera system, camera body, flash device, and illumination method
A camera system includes: a light emitting unit that performs a main emission of light in which during photography a photographic subject is illuminated with a first light having a first color...
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7912365 |
Image capture apparatus with charged capacitor switching device for photoflash
A charged capacitor switching device for a photoflash is provided and includes a flash control unit, a capacitor charging/discharging unit, a charged capacitor switching unit and an illumination...
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7894715 |
Image pickup apparatus, camera system, and control method for image pickup apparatus
An image pickup apparatus capable of executing photographing using an emission unit that emits light to a subject includes an acquisition unit for obtaining distance-to-subject information based on...
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7885532 |
Image sensing apparatus with pre-flash and image sensing method for calculating flash illumination amount using degree of convergence
An image sensing method and image sensing apparatus, including a subject detection unit and a flash unit, are provided. The method includes a first detection step of detecting a subject from image...
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7848629 |
Auto-focus system and auto-focus method thereof
An exemplary auto-focus method includes the following steps. An ambient brightness is measured before a pre-flash. Then, a pre-flash ambient brightness is also measured during the pre-flash is...
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7835638 |
Image recording apparatus, image recording method, and computer-readable recording medium
An image recording apparatus includes an image sensing part for converting an optical image imaged by a photograph lens to an electric signal, a distance measuring part for measuring a distance...
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7817910 |
Imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor; a strobe unit; a preliminary. illumination controller which instructs the strobe unit to preliminarily illuminate for a predetermined period before...
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7813635 |
Photographing apparatus, method for controlling photographing apparatus and computer-readable recording medium containing program
A photographing apparatus includes: a photographing unit for obtaining an image representing a subject through photographing; a face detecting unit for detecting a face from the image obtained by...
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7813636 |
Imaging apparatus, camera system, and controlling method therefor
A camera system that enables to stabilize, when photographing by using a flash apparatus in a live view state, the time lag between pressing the release button and starting the imaging operation...
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7801429 |
Image taking apparatus
An aspect of the present invention provides an image taking apparatus comprising a flash emission device, a flash control device which adjusts a flash emission amount at the time of image taking...
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7801436 |
Photography apparatus, photography method, and photography program
In order to prevent white compression from occurring in an image obtained by photography with a photography apparatus such as a digital camera, preliminary photography is carried out and actual...
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7764880 |
Pickup apparatus
An image pickup apparatus, for controlling actual flash amount at the time of exposure based on an amount of reflected light from a predetermined metering region of a screen, comprises a first...
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7697835 |
Imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus includes an emission device for illuminating a subject, a preliminary emission control device for controlling preliminary emission before photographing, a photometry device for...
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7684691 |
Image capture apparatus and control method thereof
An image capture apparatus includes a photometry unit, which performs photometry of luminance in each of the photometry areas in an image sensing scene, a photometry mode determination unit, which...
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7680410 |
Imaging device equipped with flash unit
Upon depression of a release button, pre-shooting is performed before regular shooting. In the pre-shooting, flash of a predetermined amount is emitted and exposure of an image sensor is performed....
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7676148 |
Camera, computer program product, and amount of light to be emitted calculation method
A camera includes: a photometric unit that acquires two dimensional photometric information of an image of a photographic subject; a separation unit that separates the image of the photographic...
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7653299 |
Imaging apparatus
An image of appropriate exposure is obtained in a short period of time. A controller and timing generator performs photometric measurement by use of an image signal acquired from a CCD, and...
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7636477 |
Device for detecting red eye, program therefor, and recording medium storing the program
Red-eye area detection accuracy is improved according to a pattern of appearance of red-eye areas generated frequently in an actual photography environment. A red-eye candidate area finding unit...
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7616874 |
Image-taking apparatus
An image-taking apparatus includes two-dimensionally arranged LEDs for emitting fill lights to eradiation areas. The image-taking apparatus also includes light-receiving sensors for respectively...
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7589784 |
Image device and associated methodology of adjusting a flash exposure operation
An image pickup device and associated methodology are provided. The image pickup device is formed from a plurality of pixels, each of which can perform any of an exposure operation and a reading...
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7558474 |
Imaging device
The present invention provides an imaging device including a photographic optical system having a zoom function, an auxiliary light irradiation device which includes an auxiliary light source...
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7551848 |
Photographic light system, imaging device and method for providing different types of photographic light using a single multifunctional light module
A photographic light system, imaging device and method for providing different types of photographic light uses a single multifunctional light module to produce the different types of photographic...
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7505681 |
Camera and control method therefor
In a circumstance in which light is emitted from many electronic flashes, e.g., a press conference hall or a wedding hall, light emission from other electronic flashes overlaps preliminary light...
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7499638 |
Object recognition apparatus
The object recognition apparatus has an active range finder having a floodlight unit which floodlights a light onto a target object, and determines a distance up to a target object on the basis of...
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7480454 |
Mobile equipment and mobile phone with shooting function
Mobile equipment includes LEDs supplied with a current to emit red light, green light and blue light, FETs and a booster circuit for controlling the current supplied. The current supplied is...
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7433590 |
Method of low intensity lighting for high speed image capture
A system for synchronizing image capture and a light source has a first strobing light emitting diode (LED) array with a plurality of LEDs located to light an illumination area. The LED array has...
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7428378 |
Controlling an exposure time for digital cameras
Various methods, apparatuses, and systems in which a digital photography device includes a global shutter to control exposure time, a sensor array, and a flash illumination are described. The...
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7420613 |
Method for controlling flash apparatus, wherein preliminary flashing is performed one time
A flash apparatus to perform preliminary flashing, detect an average brightness of surroundings in synchronization with a periodic signal subsequent to the preliminary flashing, and set main...
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7414667 |
Image sensing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and control method therefor for relaxing a red-eye effect
This invention makes it possible to execute photography with a sufficient red-eye relaxation effect. To do this, in this invention, the amount of a red eye is detected on the basis of a signal...
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7379115 |
Image capturing apparatus and image capturing system
A photocurrent corresponding to the intensity of the light from the subject which photocurrent is successively generated at predetermined intervals is converted into a voltage by being...
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7272304 |
Image sensing device and control method thereof
An image sensing device allows to shoot an image using correct object distance information and light emitting amount when the main light emitting amount upon shooting an object image is calculated...
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7254321 |
Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and computer program
An image capturing apparatus in which the ratio between the brightness just before preliminary light emission and the brightness at preliminary light emission is calculated for each of a plurality...
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7236697 |
Device for driving light emitting diode for flash of camera
Disclosed herein is a device for driving a LED for a flash of a camera, such as a digital camera or a camera of a mobile phone, which is capable of driving the LED in two modes to reduce power...
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7130535 |
Camera system with flash control based on focal length
When the focal length of a photographic lens is less than a first focal length, a dimming correction amount deltaY is set to a certain minus value (deltaYW=−WddY) (S100, S150). When the focal l...
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7092625 |
Camera with an exposure control function
A camera according to this invention determines whether a subject to be photographed is backlit; and when it is backlit, compares a brightness of the subject with a brightness of a background of...
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7085489 |
Mobile device and mobile telephone device having imaging function
Mobile equipment includes LEDs supplied with a current to emit red light, green light and blue light, FETs and a booster circuit for controlling the current supplied. The current supplied is...
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7035534 |
Photographic lightmeter-remote, system, and method
A lightmeter-remote is usable in a system with a remotely settable camera and a plurality of remotely settable photolamps. The lightmeter-remote has a body, and a lightmeter, exposure controller,...
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6987931 |
Flash control device, flash control system, master flash device, and remote flash device
A flash control device has selectable two light emission modes. The first light emission mode causes a remote flash part to perform a light emission with a main light emission of a master flash...
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6941067 |
Camera and multiple flash photographing system
Guide numbers tgn1, tgn2 as expected light amounts of a main flashlight and a remote flashlight are added for the calculation of an expected illumination amount of each divided photometric region....
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6928239 |
Strobe light photographing system
Strobe light emission is controlled with precision with precision of distance information. A photometry unit measures light reflected by an object to be photographed by preliminary emission in a...
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6922528 |
Light emission control system for a flash device
A light emission control system for a flash device includes a plurality of photometering sensors for photometric measurements on different photometering zones; and a controller which outputs a...
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6826364 |
Zoom flash and flash photography system
A zoom flash includes a light emitter, a zoom driver which moves the light emitter along an axis to vary an illumination angle, a detecting device which detects a zoom position of the light...
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6801716 |
Flash control device, electronic flash device, and photographing system
A flash control device comprises a distance input part, a calculating part, and an emission control part. When an electronic flash device is in an FP flash mode, the calculating part calculates a...
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