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Granted Patent B2
US 10,284,771 · App. 15/533,072 · Granted May 7, 2019

Image-capturing apparatus, electronic device, and program

Inventors: Satoshi Tsuchiya (Kawasaki, JP); Yuuki Asano (Narashino, JP); Shuhei Yoshikawa (Tokyo, JP); Aiko Namikawa (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,284,771
App. No.
15/533,072
Granted
May 7, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image-capturing apparatus includes: an image sensor having a first image-capturing region and a second image-capturing region different from the first image-capturing region; and a control unit that displays an image generated by the first image-capturing region and an image generated by the second image-capturing region on a display unit, with a region targeted for setting image-capturing conditions of the image sensor being selectable.

Claims (15)

1. An image-capturing apparatus, comprising:

an image sensor having a first image-capturing region for capturing an image of a subject and a second image-capturing region for capturing an image of a subject; and

a processor configured to:

detect the subject the image of which has been captured by the first image-capturing region, and detect the subject the image of which has been captured by the second image-capturing region; and

determine ranks, for display on a display, of a first image captured by the first image-capturing region and a second image captured by the second image-capturing region, depending on the detected subjects, wherein the image sensor includes a plurality of first pixels disposed in the first image-capturing region, first control lines that are connected to the first pixels and output signals for controlling the first pixels, a plurality of second pixels disposed in the second image-capturing region and second control lines that are connected to the second pixels and output signals for controlling the second pixels.

2. The image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the processor is further configured to: control the display to display first information regarding image-capturing conditions for the first image-capturing region and second information regarding image-capturing conditions for the second image-capturing region.

3. The image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein: the processor is further configured to: assign a higher rank to an image including a subject associated with a preset scene capture mode, between the first image captured by the first image-capturing region and the second image captured by the second image-capturing region.

4. The image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein: the processor is further configured to: assign a higher rank to an image including a focused subject, between the first image captured by the first image-capturing region and the second image captured by the second image-capturing region.

5. The image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein: the processor is further configured to: assign a higher rank to an image including a subject that is closest to the image-capturing apparatus, between the first image captured by the first image-capturing region and the second image captured by the second image-capturing region.

6. The image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein: the processor is further configured to: assign a higher rank to an image including a subject having a lower or higher brightness than a predetermined value, among the first image captured by the first image-capturing region and the second image captured by the second image-capturing region.

7. The image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein: the processor is further configured to: assign a higher rank to an image including a subject having a smaller difference in distances between subjects, among the first image captured by the first image-capturing region and the second image captured by the second image-capturing region.

8. The image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein: the processor is further configured to: assign a higher rank to an image including a subject having a larger difference in brightness, between the first image captured by the first image-capturing region and the second image captured by the second image-capturing region.

9. The image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein: the processor is further configured to: assign a higher rank to an image including a larger subject, between the first image captured by the first image-capturing region and the second image captured by the second image-capturing region.

10. The image-capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein: the processor is further configured to: assign a higher rank to an image including a subject closer to a center of the image, between the first image captured by the first image-capturing region and the second image captured by the second image-capturing region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2017
From: TSUCHIYA, SATOSHI; ASANO, YUUKI; YOSHIKAWA, SHUHEI; NAMIKAWA, AIKO
To: NIKON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043315/0226 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-245433 · Dec 3, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170332008A1 · Nov 16, 2017
Cited By (1)
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