Image pickup apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer program, and image pickup method
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorTatsuya Kino
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Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup section configured to shoot a live view image between shooting periods of two continuous still images in continuous shooting, a display section configured to display a live view image in a live view display period and display a black image in another period, and a display luminance change section configured to calculate a during-continuous-shooting display luminance value larger than a normal display luminance value to change luminance of the live view image.
Claims11
An image pickup apparatus capable of performing continuous shooting for continuously acquiring a plurality of still images, the image pickup apparatus comprising:
- an image pickup section configured to shoot a live view image, which is read out in a shorter time period than each of the still images, in a live view shooting period between respective shooting periods of two continuous still images at the time of the continuous shooting;
- a display section configured to display the live view image acquired during the live view shooting period in a live view display period, and display a black image during a period other than the live view display period at the time of the continuous shooting;
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- a display luminance change section configured to calculate a during-continuous-shooting display luminance value larger than a normal display luminance value calculated based on a normal setting condition and change luminance of the live view image displayed on the display section based on the during-continuous-shooting display luminance value to suppress a decrease in visual luminance caused by the display during the live view display period and the display during the period other than the live view display period being alternately performed at the time of the continuous shooting.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program, the computer program being an image pickup program for causing a computer in an image pickup apparatus to perform continuous shooting for continuously acquiring a plurality of still images, the image pickup program comprising:
- an image pickup step of shooting a live view image, which is read out in a shorter time period than each of the still images, in a live view shooting period between respective shooting periods of two continuous still images at the time of the continuous shooting;
- a display step of displaying the live view image acquired during the live view shooting period in a live view display period, and displaying a black image during a period other than the live view display period at the time of the continuous shooting;
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- a display luminance change step of calculating a during-continuous-shooting display luminance value larger than a normal display luminance value calculated based on a normal setting condition and changing luminance of the live view image displayed in the display step based on the during-continuous-shooting display luminance value to suppress a decrease in visual luminance caused by the display during the live view display period and the display during the period other than the live view display period being alternately performed at the time of the continuous shooting.
An image pickup method for performing continuous shooting for continuously acquiring a plurality of still images, the method comprising:
- an image pickup step of shooting a live view image, which is read out in a shorter time period than each of the still images, in a live view shooting period between respective shooting periods of two continuous still images at the time of the continuous shooting;
- a display step of displaying the live view image acquired during the live view shooting period in a live view display period, and displaying a black image during a period other than the live view display period at the time of the continuous shooting;
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- a display luminance change step of calculating a during-continuous-shooting display luminance value larger than a normal display luminance value calculated based on a normal setting condition and changing luminance of the live view image displayed in the display step based on the during-continuous-shooting display luminance value to suppress a decrease in visual luminance caused by the display during the live view display period and the display during the period other than the live view display period being alternately performed at the time of the continuous shooting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.