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Granted Patent B2
US 8,823,857 · App. 13/444,401 · Granted Sep 2, 2014

Image apparatus

Inventor: Yasuhiro Kazama (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
H04N5/2258H04N5/23296H04N5/23293H04N5/23212
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Patent No.
US 8,823,857
App. No.
13/444,401
Granted
Sep 2, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image apparatus, including a main optical system that captures a first image, a sub optical system that captures a second image to assist capturing the first image, a display device that displays the first image and the second image in a live view, and a signal processor that controls at least one of a frame rate of the first image from the main optical system and a frame rate of the second image from the sub optical system. The signal processor controls the frame rate of the first image data and the second image data such that the first and second frame rates become the same, and the display device displays the first image and the second image on the display device.

Claims (24)

1. An image apparatus, comprising:

a main optical system that captures a first image;

a sub optical system that captures a second image to assist capturing the first image;

a display device that displays the first image and the second image in a live view; and

a signal processor that controls at least one of a frame rate of the first image from the main optical system or a frame rate of the second image from the sub optical system;

wherein the signal processor controls the frame rate of the first image data or the second image data such that the first and second frame rates become the same, and the display device displays the first image and the second image on the display device.

2. The image apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the first image which is displayed on the display device is a partial enlarged image of a whole image captured by the main optical system and the second image which is displayed on the display device is a whole composition image corresponding to the whole image captured by the sub optical system.

3. The image apparatus as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein the display device displays the first image and the second image on the display device in a manual focus operation.

4. The image apparatus as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein the second image which is displayed on the display device highlights an area corresponding to the first image which is displayed on the display device.

5. The image apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the image apparatus executes a zoom operation, and the first image which is displayed on the display device is a zoomed image captured by the main optical system, and the second image which is displayed on the display device includes an area corresponding to the first image and has a wider angle of view than the first image.

6. The image apparatus as claimed in claim 5 ,

wherein a focal length of the main optical system is equal to or greater than a threshold in the zoom operation.

7. The image apparatus as claimed in claim 5 ,

wherein the second image which is displayed on the display device highlights an area corresponding to the first image which is displayed on the display device.

8. The image apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , comprising plural sub optical systems,

wherein the second image which is displayed on the display device is selected from one of the sub optical systems according to a focal length of the main optical system in the zoom operation.

9. The image apparatus as claimed in claim 5 ,

wherein the second image which is displayed on the display device is enlarged or cropped according to a focal length of the main optical system in the zoom operation.

10. The image apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein one of the first image or the second image is displayed on the display device and the other of the first image or the second image is displayed over the one image such that the other image is displayed in an area that has a lowest AF evaluation value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2012
From: KAZAMA, YASUHIRO
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 028029/0687 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-095398 · Apr 21, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120268641A1 · Oct 25, 2012