Back to results
US 2003/0151687 A1Published application
Digital camera
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorMasanori Yoshida
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention provides a digital camera that prevents photographing errors attributed to an increase in sensitivity effected by reducing the recordable image size. In a digital camera that allows a high sensitivity to be set by pixel mixture, a display is provided to prevent photographing errors caused by restrictions or the like resulting from setting of a high sensitivity.
Claims7
A digital camera which obtains image data representing an object by forming an image of the object on a solid imaging device comprising a set of a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged unit light receiving elements, the digital camera controlling exposure according to a set sensitivity, the digital camera comprising:
- a sensitivity setting operation member which sets sensitivity;
- an image size setting operation member which sets a recording image size;
- a pixel mixing section which operates if the sensitivity setting operation member is operated to set a predetermined sensitivity, to execute a pixel mixing process on a plurality of pieces of luminance information obtained from the plurality of unit light receiving elements constituting the solid imaging device, the pixel mixing process comprising integrating the plurality of pieces of luminance information together so that one new piece of luminance information is formed of every predetermined number of pieces of luminance information obtained from a predetermined number of adjacent unit light receiving elements, the pixel mixing section thus reducing a recordable image size to a predetermined high-sensitivity-compatible image size to realize the predetermined high sensitivity;
- an image size setting section which sets the recording image size according to an operation of the image size setting operation member and if a recording image size larger than the high-sensitivity-compatible image size has previously been set, changes the recording image size to the high-sensitivity-compatible image size in response to setting of the predetermined high sensitivity carried out by operating the high-sensitivity setting operation member;
- and
- a display section which indicates that the recording image size has been changed to the high-sensitivity-compatible image size if the image size setting section changes the recording image size to the high-sensitivity-compatible image size in response to the setting of the predetermined high sensitivity carried out by operating the sensitivity setting operation member.
3 more elements
A digital camera which obtains image data representing an object by forming an image of the object on a solid imaging device comprising a set of a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged unit light receiving elements, the digital camera controlling exposure according to a set sensitivity, the digital camera comprising:
- a sensitivity setting operation member which sets sensitivity;
- an image size setting operation member which sets a recording image size;
- a pixel mixing section which operates if the sensitivity setting operation member is operated to set a predetermined sensitivity, to execute a pixel mixing process on a plurality of pieces of luminance information obtained from the plurality of unit light receiving elements constituting the solid imaging device, the pixel mixing process comprising integrating the plurality of pieces of luminance information together so that one new piece of luminance information is formed of every predetermined number of pieces of luminance information obtained from a predetermined number of adjacent unit light receiving elements, the pixel mixing section thus reducing a recordable image size to a predetermined high-sensitivity-compatible image size to realize the predetermined high sensitivity;
- an image size setting section which sets the recording image size according to an operation of the image size setting operation member and if a recording image size larger than the high-sensitivity-compatible image size has previously been set, changes the recording image size to the high-sensitivity-compatible image size in response to setting of the predetermined high sensitivity carried out by operating the high-sensitivity setting operation member;
- and
- a display section which indicates that the predetermined high sensitivity has been set during a state in which the predetermined high sensitivity remains set.
3 more elements
A digital camera which obtains image data representing an object by forming an image of the object on a solid imaging device comprising a set of a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged unit light receiving elements, the digital camera controlling exposure according to a set sensitivity, the digital camera comprising:
- a sensitivity setting operation member which sets sensitivity;
- an image size setting operation member which sets a recording image size;
- a pixel mixing section which operates if the sensitivity setting operation member is operated to set a predetermined sensitivity, to execute a pixel mixing process on a plurality of pieces of luminance information obtained from the plurality of unit light receiving elements constituting the solid imaging device, the pixel mixing process comprising integrating the plurality of pieces of luminance information together so that one new piece of luminance information is formed of every predetermined number of pieces of luminance information obtained from a predetermined number of adjacent unit light receiving elements, the pixel mixing section thus reducing a recordable image size to a predetermined high-sensitivity-compatible image size to realize the predetermined high sensitivity;
- an image size setting section which sets the recording image size according to an operation of the image size setting operation member and if a recording image size larger than the high-sensitivity-compatible image size has previously been set, changes the recording image size to the high-sensitivity-compatible image size in response to setting of the predetermined high sensitivity carried out by operating the high-sensitivity setting operation member;
- an electronic zoom operation section which implements an electronic zoom function in which the high-sensitivity-compatible image size is a maximum enlarged size;
- and
- a display section which indicates that the electronic zoom function is disabled if the image size setting section changes the recording image size to the high-sensitivity-compatible image size in response to the setting of the predetermined high sensitivity carried out by operating the sensitivity setting operation member.
4 more elements
A digital camera which obtains image data representing an object by forming an image of the object on a solid imaging device comprising a set of a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged unit light receiving elements, the digital camera controlling exposure according to a set sensitivity, the digital camera comprising:
- a sensitivity setting operation member which sets sensitivity;
- an image size setting operation member which sets a recording image size;
- a pixel mixing section which operates if the sensitivity setting operation member is operated to set a predetermined sensitivity, to execute a pixel mixing process on a plurality of pieces of luminance information obtained from the plurality of unit light receiving elements constituting the solid imaging device, the pixel mixing process comprising integrating the plurality of pieces of luminance information together so that one new piece of luminance information is formed of every predetermined number of pieces of luminance information obtained from a predetermined number of adjacent unit light receiving elements, the pixel mixing section thus reducing a recordable image size to a predetermined high-sensitivity-compatible image size to realize the predetermined high sensitivity;
- an image size setting section which has a setting screen which displays a settable recording image size when the image size setting operation member is operated to set the recording image size, the image size setting section changing display on the setting screen in connection with the operation of the image size setting operation member to set the recording image size according to the operation of the image size setting operation member, and
- wherein the image size setting section indicates on the setting screen that only the high-sensitivity-compatible image size can be set on the setting screen if the sensitivity setting operation member has been operated to set the predetermined high sensitivity.
2 more elements
A digital camera which obtains image data representing an object by forming an image of the object on a solid imaging device comprising a set of a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged unit light receiving elements, the digital camera controlling exposure according to a set sensitivity, the digital camera comprising:
- a sensitivity setting operation member which sets sensitivity;
- an image size setting operation member which sets a recording image size;
- a pixel mixing section which operates if the sensitivity setting operation member is operated to set a predetermined sensitivity, to execute a pixel mixing process on a plurality of pieces of luminance information obtained from the plurality of unit light receiving elements constituting the solid imaging device, the pixel mixing process comprising integrating the plurality of pieces of luminance information together so that one new piece of luminance information is formed of every predetermined number of pieces of luminance information obtained from a predetermined number of adjacent unit light receiving elements, the pixel mixing section thus reducing a recordable image size to a predetermined high-sensitivity-compatible image size to realize the predetermined high sensitivity;
- an image size setting section which has a setting screen which displays a settable recording image size when the image size setting operation member is operated to set the recording image size, the image size setting section changing display on the setting screen in connection with the operation of the image size setting operation member to set the recording image size according to the operation of the image size setting operation member;
- and
- an electronic zoom operation section which implements an electronic zoom function in which the high-sensitivity-compatible image size is a maximum enlarged size, and
- wherein the image size setting section indicates on the setting screen that the electronic zoom function is disabled if the sensitivity setting operation member has been operated to set the predetermined high sensitivity.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.