IP Library Granted Patent US 9,756,259
Granted Patent B2
US 9,756,259 · App. 14/935,165 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Shooting apparatus including a diaphragm

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,756,259
App. No.
14/935,165
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shooting apparatus comprising: a photographing optical system having a variable aperture diaphragm; an imaging section that outputs an image signal; a diaphragm position detection section that detects a diaphragm position; a lens control section that controls movement of a focus lens; a storage section that stores an amount of focal shift corresponding to the diaphragm position; a focus detection section that detects a peak of a contrast value based on the image signal, wherein the lens control section, while moving the focus lens to a focusing position based on a position at which the contrast value indicates the peak, corrects a position of the focus lens to be moved, on the basis of a diaphragm position when the position at which the contrast value indicates the peak is detected, a diaphragm position while moving the focus lens, and the amount of focal shift stored in the storage section.

Claims (32)

1. A shooting apparatus including a photographing optical system having a variable aperture diaphragm, and an imaging section that images a light flux passing through the photographing optical system to output an image signal, the shooting apparatus comprising:

a diaphragm position detection section that detects a diaphragm position corresponding to the aperture diaphragm in the photographing optical system;

a lens control section that controls movement of a focus lens included in the photographing optical system;

a storage section that stores an amount of focal shift in the photographing optical system corresponding to the diaphragm position; and

a focus detection section that detects a position of the focus lens at which a contrast value based on the image signal indicates a peak, wherein

the lens control section, while moving the focus lens to a focusing position based on the position which is detected by the focus detection section and at which the contrast value indicates the peak, corrects a position of the focus lens to be moved, on the basis of a diaphragm position when the focus detection section detects the position at which the contrast value indicates the peak, a diaphragm position while moving the focus lens, and the amount of focal shift stored in the storage section.

2. The shooting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein,

when the focus detection section detects a position at which a contrast indicates a peak, on the basis of the image signal outputted by the imaging section while the lens control section performs scan drive for moving the focus lens in a predetermined range, the lens control section changes the predetermined range on the basis of a diaphragm position before the scan drive is performed, a diaphragm position while moving the focus lens, and the amount of focal shift stored in the storage section.

3. The shooting apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the lens control section, when performing the scan drive, stores corresponding position of the focus lens and diaphragm position when the focus detection section detects the contrast value, corrects the contrast value according to the stored diaphragm position, and detects a position at which the contrast value indicates a peak.

4. A camera system including an interchangeable lens with a photographing optical system having a variable aperture diaphragm, and a camera body to and from which the interchangeable lens is attachable and detachable, the camera system comprising:

in the interchangeable lens,

a diaphragm position detection section that detects a diaphragm position corresponding to the aperture diaphragm in the photographing optical system;

a lens control section that controls movement of a focus lens included in the photographing optical system; and

a storage section that stores an amount of focal shift in the photographing optical system corresponding to the diaphragm position, and

in the camera body:

a main body control section that communicates with the lens control section; and

a diaphragm position storage section that stores the diaphragm position sent by the lens control section and received by the main body control section, wherein

the main body control section sends the stored diaphragm position stored in the diaphragm position storage section and a target position to which the focus lens is moved, to the lens control section, and

the lens control section, while moving the focus lens to the target position, corrects the target position of the focus lens to be moved, on the basis of the stored diaphragm position, a diaphragm position while moving the focus lens, and the amount of focal shift stored in the storage section.

5. The camera system according to claim 4 ,

wherein the camera body includes:

an imaging section that images a light flux passing through the photographing optical system to generate an image signal; and

a focus detection section that detects a contrast value on the basis of the image signal, and

wherein the stored diaphragm position indicates a diaphragm position detected by the diaphragm position detection section when a peak of the contrast value is detected by detecting the contrast value while moving the focus lens.

6. The camera system according to claim 4 , wherein

the stored diaphragm position indicates a diaphragm position detected by the diaphragm position detection section when the main body control section fixes a focusing state.

7. The camera system according to claim 6 ,

wherein the camera body includes:

an imaging section that images a light flux passing through the photographing optical system to generate an image signal; and

a focus detection section that detects a contrast value on the basis of the image signal, and

wherein the focus detection section, while moving the focus lens on the basis of a predetermined center position and a predetermined amplitude by the lens control section, fixes a focusing state by performing a wobbling operation to detect a contrast value on the basis of an image signal imaged by the imaging section at an end point of the amplitude.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2021
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058294/0274 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF THE ASSIGNEE Recorded Jul 29, 2017
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043937/0753 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2015
From: TAGUCHI, YUZURU
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036988/0782 →