Title:
カメラ
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5715273
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a camera suitable for acquiring an image containing images of both on-the-water and underwater photogenic subjects at the same time even in the case of imaging or an imaging situation with the water level fluctuating.SOLUTION: A camera includes: an imaging part 3 for photographing an on-the-water photogenic subject above the water level and an underwater photogenic subject below the water level; a determination part 4e for determining whether there is a contrast changing area in the boundary between the on-the-water and underwater photogenic subjects on the basis of the photogenic subject image photographed by the imaging part; a comparison part 4 for comparing the brightness between the on-the-water and the underwater photogenic subjects when there is a contrast changing area; a color-tone determination part 4 for determining the color-tone of the on-the-water and the underwater photogenic subjects if the underwater photogenic subject is determined to be darker than the on-the-water photogenic subject; and an imaging state determination part 4g for determining whether the imaging state is a half-water imaging mode or not on the basis of the determination result of the color-tone determination part.
Inventors:
Kazuya Ito
Application Number:
JP2014005250A
Publication Date:
May 07, 2015
Filing Date:
January 15, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Olympus Imaging Corporation
International Classes:
H04N5/232; G03B7/091; G03B17/08
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2004175583A | ||||
| JP2006229366A | ||||
| JP2009194437A | ||||
| JP200817198A | ||||
| JP2000224576A | ||||
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Susumu Ito
Yasushi Hasegawa
Osamu Shinoura
Yasushi Hasegawa
Osamu Shinoura