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Title:
IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/027421
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is an image capture device in which usability is improved with a focal plane shutter device in which a slit exposure using a front curtain and a rear curtain is possible and switching between normally closed and normally open is possible. The image capture device comprises: an image capture unit which receives an optical image of a photographic subject and outputs image data; a focal plane shutter device with which it is possible to select a normally open drive format and a normally closed drive format which limits the entry of the optical image to the image capture unit; and a drive format switch unit which switches the drive format of the focal plane shutter device to either the normally open drive format or the normally closed drive format. The drive format switch unit switches the drive format of the focal plane shutter device to the normally open drive format after completing a photography operation.

Inventors:
SHINTANI DAI
Application Number:
PCT/JP2012/005340
Publication Date:
February 28, 2013
Filing Date:
August 24, 2012
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Assignee:
PANASONIC CORP (JP)
SHINTANI DAI
International Classes:
G03B9/36
Foreign References:
JP2011013540A2011-01-20
JP2004138690A2004-05-13
JP2011158890A2011-08-18
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
OKUDA, SEIJI (JP)
Seiji Okuda (JP)
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