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Granted Patent B2
US 10,972,660 · App. 16/273,090 · Granted Apr 6, 2021

Imaging device and imaging method

Inventors: Keiji Kunishige (Hachioji, JP); Masashi Takahashi (Hachioji, JP)
Assignee: Olympus Corporation
H04N5/23238G02B7/282G02B7/36G02B13/06G06T3/0018G06T5/006H04N5/2254
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Patent No.
US 10,972,660
App. No.
16/273,090
Granted
Apr 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging device that is capable of having a fisheye lens attached to a main body, and that is capable of shooting digital images, comprising, an image sensor on which photometric domains and/or AF region are arranged, a lens communication circuit that performs communication with a lens that has been attached and acquires lens information, and a processor that detects whether or not a lens that has been attached is a circular fisheye lens based on the lens information, and, if it has been determined that the lens is a circular fisheye lens, restricts the photometric domains and/or AF regions based on an image circle of the circular fisheye lens.

Claims (56)

1. An imaging device that is capable of having a fisheye lens, for changing to circular fish-eye and full-frame fisheye depending on focal length, attached to a main body, and that is capable of shooting digital images, comprising:

an image sensor on which photometric domains and/or AF region are arranged;

a lens communication circuit that performs communication with a lens that has been attached and acquires lens information including focal length information; and

a processor that detects whether or not a lens that has been attached is a circular fisheye lens for changing to circular fish-eye and full-frame fisheye depending on focal length, based on the lens information, and further, responsive to a determination, based on the focal length, that the lens is a circular fisheye lens, restricts the photometric domains and/or AF regions based on an image circle of the circular fisheye lens.

2. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein:

the processor further restricts to a mode for setting AF regions.

3. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein:

the processor

changes, for an image that has been formed by the fisheye lens, at least one projection method among a plurality of projection methods, including either of an orthographic method, an equidistance projection method, an equisolid angle projection method, and solid angle projection method,

the imaging device further comprises a display that performs live view display of an image that has had projection method changed, and

the processor restricts to a mode for setting AF regions in the event that the projection method has been changed.

4. The imaging device of claim 3 , wherein:

the processor restricts to a single AF region.

5. An imaging device that is capable of having a fisheye lens, for changing to circular fish-eye and full-frame fisheye depending on focal length, attached to a main body, and that is capable of shooting digital images, comprising:

an image sensor on which photometric domains and/or AF region are arranged;

a lens communication circuit that performs communication with a lens that has been attached and acquires lens information including focal length information;

a processor that detects that a lens that has been attached is a fisheye lens for changing to circular fish-eye and full-frame fisheye depending on focal length, based on the lens information;

an image processing circuit that corrects an image of an imaging range of the fisheye lens; and

a display that displays an image after correction by the image processing circuit as a live view image,

wherein

the processor, when an image has been corrected by the image processing circuit, performs calculation based on the focal length information so that for the photometric domains and/or AF regions, position or area on the display substantially match position and area on the image sensor.

6. The imaging device of claim 5 , wherein:

the processor restricts the AF regions to 1 if an image has been corrected by the image processing circuit.

7. An imaging device that is capable of having a fisheye lens, for changing to circular fish-eye and full-frame fisheye depending on focal length, attached to a main body, and that is capable of shooting digital images, comprising:

an image sensor on which photometric domains and/or AF region are arranged;

a lens communication circuit that performs communication with a lens that has been attached and acquires lens information including focal length information;

a processor that detects that a lens that has been attached is a fisheye lens for changing to circular fish-eye and full-frame fisheye depending on focal length, based on the lens information;

an image processing circuit that corrects an image of an imaging range of the fisheye lens; and

a display that displays an image after correction by the image processing circuit as a live view image,

wherein

the processor converts coordinates of AF regions on the live view image to coordinates of AF regions on the image sensor based on the focal length information.

8. The imaging device of claim 5 , wherein:

the image processing circuit performs fisheye/wide-angle conversion and/or projection method conversion.

9. An imaging method, for an imaging device that is capable of having a fisheye lens, for changing to circular fish-eye and full-frame fisheye depending on focal length, attached to a main body, has photometric domains and/or AF regions arranged on an image sensor, and is capable of shooting digital images, comprising:

performing communication with a lens that has been attached and acquiring lens information including focal length information;

detecting that a lens that has been attached is a circular fisheye lens for changing to circular fish-eye and full-frame fisheye depending on focal length, based on the lens information; and

restricting the photometric domains and/or AF regions based on an image circle of the circumferential fisheye lens guided by the focal length, responsive to a determination that the lens is a fisheye lens, for changing to circular fish-eye and full-frame fisheye depending on focal length.

10. The imaging method of claim 9 , further comprising:

further restricting to a mode for setting AF regions.

11. The imaging method of claim 9 , further comprising:

detecting whether or not a lens that has been attached is a fisheye lens based on the lens information;

changing projection method for an image that has been formed by a circular fisheye lens;

performing live view display of an image that has had projection method changed; and

restricting to a mode for setting AF regions in the event that the projection method has been changed.

12. The imaging method of claim 9 , further comprising:

restricting AF regions to 1.

13. An imaging method, for an imaging device that is capable of having a fisheye lens, for changing to circular fish-eye and full-frame fisheye depending on focal length, attached to a main body, has photometric domains and/or AF regions arranged on an image sensor, and is capable of shooting digital images, comprising:

performing communication with a lens that has been attached and acquiring lens information including focal length information;

correcting an image of imaging range of the fisheye lens, for changing to circular fish-eye and full-frame fisheye depending on focal length;

displaying an image after correction as a live view image; and

when the image has been corrected, performing calculation based on the focal length information so that for the photometric domains and/or AF regions, position or area on the display section substantially match position and area on the image sensor.

14. An imaging method, for an imaging device that is capable of having a fisheye lens, for changing to circular fish-eye and full-frame fisheye depending on focal length, attached to a main body, has photometric domains and/or AF regions arranged on an image sensor, and is capable of shooting digital images, comprising:

performing communication with a lens that has been attached and acquiring lens information including focal length information;

correcting an image of imaging range of the fisheye lens;

displaying an image after correction as a live view image on a display section; and

converting coordinates of AF regions on the live view image to coordinates of the AF regions arranged on the image sensor, based on the focal length, when it has been detected that there is a fisheye lens, for changing to circular fish-eye and full-frame fisheye depending on focal length.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2019
From: KUNISHIGE, KEIJI; TAKAHASHI, MASASHI
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048299/0633 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-028289 · Feb 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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