IP Library Granted Patent US 11,233,945
Granted Patent B2
US 11,233,945 · App. 17/273,350 · Granted Jan 25, 2022

Imaging apparatus

Inventors: Takuhiro Shibuya (Kodaira, JP); Shiro Ikeda (Kodaira, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
H04N5/232939H04N5/332
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Patent No.
US 11,233,945
App. No.
17/273,350
Granted
Jan 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an imaging apparatus that can comfortably be focused while an influence on a wide angle image is minimized. The imaging apparatus includes: a display unit for displaying an image being photographed; an enlarged image display function for displaying an image obtained by enlarging a part of an area being photographed in the display unit; an edge component detection function for detecting an edge component amount of an enlarged image area; and a focal point position detection function for detecting movement of a focal point operated by a photographer. Duration time of the enlarged image display displayed by the enlarged image display function is changed in conjunction with the edge component detected by the edge component detection function and the movement of the focal point detected by the focal point position detection function.

Claims (11)

1. An imaging apparatus comprising:

a display unit for displaying an image being photographed;

an enlarged image display function for displaying an image obtained by enlarging a part of an area being photographed in the display unit;

an edge component detection function for detecting an edge component amount of an enlarged image area; and

a focal point position detection function for detecting movement of a focal point operated by a photographer,

wherein duration time of the enlarged image display displayed by the enlarged image display function is changed in conjunction with the edge component detected by the edge component detection function and the movement of the focal point detected by the focal point position detection function, and

wherein the duration time of the enlarged image display displayed by the enlarged image display function is changed in conjunction with a speed of the movement of the focal point.

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the duration time of the enlarged image display displayed by the enlarged image display function is changed in conjunction with a ratio of a change amount of the edge component of the image of the enlarged area to a change amount of a position of the focal point.

3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a peak value of the edge component amount of the image of the enlarged area until a constant time ago is memorized, and the duration time of the enlarged image display displayed by the enlarged image display function is changed in conjunction with a difference between a current edge component amount and the peak value until the constant time ago.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded May 15, 2025
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 071275/0058 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 15, 2025
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI DENKI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 071275/0236 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: SHIBUYA, TAKUHIRO; IKEDA, SHIRO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 055489/0945 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-165211 · Sep 4, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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