Title:
IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2015062297
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging device and imaging method capable of notifying a photographer that exposure control positively using an effect specific to a backlight scene can be performed.SOLUTION: The face part of a person in image data obtained from a light flux received by an imaging element 102 is detected in a face detection circuit 108. A micro-computer 114 compares the brightness of the face part with the brightness of a background part, and when the brightness of the background part is higher than the brightness of the face part, performs exposure control to set the exposure value of the face part at a second proper level higher than a first proper level and set the exposure value of the background part at a value higher than the second proper level.
Inventors:
TOYODA TETSUYA
NONAKA OSAMU
NONAKA OSAMU
Application Number:
JP2014226278A
Publication Date:
April 02, 2015
Filing Date:
November 06, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP
International Classes:
H04N5/235; G03B7/091; G03B15/00; H04N5/225; H04N5/232
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH0220840A | 1990-01-24 | |||
| JP2007074163A | 2007-03-22 | |||
| JP2007243384A | 2007-09-20 | |||
| JP2012156647A | 2012-08-16 | |||
| JPH0220840A | 1990-01-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kurata Masatoshi
Nobuhisa Nogawa
Takashi Mine
Naoki Kono
Katsu Sunagawa
Tadashi Inoue
Tatsushi Sato
Takashi Okada
Mihoko Horiuchi
Nobuhisa Nogawa
Takashi Mine
Naoki Kono
Katsu Sunagawa
Tadashi Inoue
Tatsushi Sato
Takashi Okada
Mihoko Horiuchi