IP Library Granted Patent US 11,917,293
Granted Patent B2
US 11,917,293 · App. 17/857,898 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Imaging device

Inventors: Takuya Iguchi (Osaka, JP); Motonori Ogura (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
H04N23/675H04N23/635H04N23/80
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Patent No.
US 11,917,293
App. No.
17/857,898
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging device includes an image sensor configured to capture a subject image at a predetermined frame rate and generate imaging data for each frame; and a controller configured to control a display to display a captured image corresponding to the imaging data for each frame, wherein first follow-up information can be displayed on the captured image in the display with a frame delay to indicate a result of a first follow-up operation of following a subject on the captured image, and the controller generates second follow-up information that is displayed in a delay period shorter than the frame delay of the first follow-up information to indicate a result of a second follow-up operation different from the first follow-up operation.

Claims (14)

1. An imaging device including:

an image sensor configured to capture a subject image at a predetermined frame rate and generate imaging data for each frame; and

a controller configured to control a display to display a captured image corresponding to the imaging data for each frame, wherein

the controller performs a first follow-up operation of following a subject on the captured image in order that first follow-up information can be displayed on the captured image in the display with a frame delay to indicate a result of the first follow-up operation, and

the controller performs a second follow-up operation of following the subject on the captured image, the second follow-up operation being different from the first follow-up operation, and generates second follow-up information that is displayed in a delay period shorter than the frame delay of the first follow-up information to indicate the result of a second follow-up operation.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller executes image recognition processing as the first follow-up operation.

3. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller executes, as the second follow-up operation, processing of selecting a region of a control target based on distribution information of evaluation values in the imaging data.

4. The imaging device according to claim 3 , wherein the controller causes the display to display the second display information based on a center of the region of the control target.

5. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller executes the second follow-up operation using a result of the first follow-up operation.

6. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller executes the second follow-up operation using a result of the second follow-up operation.

7. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller generates the first follow-up information that is displayed on the captured image in the display.

8. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller executes at least one of automatic focusing control, automatic exposure control, and white balance control, using the second follow-up operation.

9. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller causes the display to display the first follow-up information and the second follow-up information in different graphics from each other.

10. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further including the display.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2022
From: IGUCHI, TAKUYA; OGURA, MOTONORI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061294/0845 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2021-113678 · Jul 8, 2021 · national
JP 2022-075278 · Apr 28, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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