Digital camera capable of continuous shooting
AssigneeOlympus Imaging Corp.
InventorTakeshi KINDAICHI
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Abstract
A digital camera of the present invention comprises: an imaging section, a read out section for reading out first image data for still picture storage from the imaging section, a storage section subjecting the first image data to image processing and storing the resultant data, an image data generating section for generating second image data that has fewer pixel data than the first image data, from the first image data, and a detection section for detecting at least one evaluation value based on the second image data, wherein a detection operation of the evaluation value by the detection section is executed in parallel to a still picture storage operation by the storage section.
Claims20
A digital camera having an imaging section, comprising:
- a readout section for reading out first image data for still image storage from the imaging section;
- a storage section for subjecting the first image data to image processing and storing the resultant data;
- an image data generating section for generating second image data having fewer pixel data than the first image data, from the first image data;
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- a detection section for detecting at least one evaluation value based on the second image data, wherein a detection operation of the evaluation value by the detection section is executed in parallel with a still image storage operation by the storage section.
A digital camera having an imaging section, comprising:
- a readout section for reading out first image data for still image storage from the imaging section;
- a storage section for subjecting the first image data to image processing and storing the resultant data;
- an image data generating section for generating second image data having fewer pixel data than the first image data, from the first image data;
- a first detection section for detecting an AF evaluation value based on the second image data;
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- a determination section for determining a specified amount of variation in degree of focus based on the AF evaluation value which is output of the first detection section, wherein determination of degree of focus by the determination section is executed in parallel with still image storage by the storage section.
An evaluation value detection method for detecting an evaluation value based on image data for still image storage output from an imaging section, comprising:
- reading out first image data for still image storage from the imaging section;
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- subjecting the first image data to image processing and storing the resultant data;
- while in parallel,
- generating second image data having fewer pixel data than the first image data, from the first image data, and
- detecting at least one evaluation value based on the second image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.