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Title:
IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/040935
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This imaging device is provided with the following: an imaging unit that images a subject to obtain a taken image; a display unit that displays said taken image; a reference contrast-value determination unit that, for each part of the taken image, acquires a reference contrast value to use to determine whether or not said part is in focus; an image-to-be-recorded contrast-value determination unit that obtains a contrast value for each part of a taken image to be recorded; a focus determination unit that, by comparing the reference contrast values acquired by the reference contrast-value determination unit with the contrast values obtained by the image-to-be-recorded contrast-value determination unit, determines the focus state of the taken image to be recorded; and a display control unit that displays, on the abovementioned display unit, both the taken image to be recorded and the result of the determination performed by the focus determination unit.

Inventors:
KINDAICHI TAKESHI (JP)
NONAKA OSAMU
Application Number:
PCT/JP2014/068416
Publication Date:
March 26, 2015
Filing Date:
July 10, 2014
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
G02B7/36; G02B7/28; G03B13/36; G03B17/18; H04N5/225; H04N5/232
Foreign References:
JP2008004996A2008-01-10
JP2007235869A2007-09-13
JP2011124806A2011-06-23
JP2008092299A2008-04-17
Other References:
See also references of EP 2878983A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ITOH SUSUMU (JP)
Susumu Ito (JP)
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