Autofocusing operation display apparatus and method
AssigneeSamsung Aerospace Industries, Ltd.
InventorSeong-Gon Kim
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Abstract
An autofocusing apparatus including a device for irradiating a light ray toward an object; a device for sensing a light beam corresponding to the image of the object and the light ray reflected off of the object; a device for indicating to the user of the apparatus that the light ray has hit the object based on the result of the sensing by the sensing device. In another embodiment, the autofocusing apparatus includes a device for indicating to the user which portion of the object has been hit by the light ray.
Claims12
An autofocusing apparatus, comprising:
- means for irradiating an infrared ray toward an object;
- means for sensing a light beam corresponding to an image of said object and said infrared ray reflected off of said object;
- means, coupled to said sensing means, for determining which portion of said object has been hit by said infrared ray in response to said light beam and said infrared ray;
- and
- means for indicating to a user which portion of said object has been hit by said infrared ray, wherein the indicating means includes
- a view finder through which the user can view the object, and
- displaying means including a plurality of display icons, each display icon corresponding to a different portion of the object.
A method for controlling an autofocusing apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- irradiating an infrared ray toward an object;
- sensing a light beam corresponding to an image of said object and said irradiated infrared ray reflected off of said object;
- determining which portion of said object has been hit by said irradiated light ray in response to said sensed light beam and said sensed infrared ray;
- and
- indicating to a user which portion of said object has been hit by said irradiated infrared ray, including the substeps of
- viewing the object through a view finder, and
- displaying a display icon corresponding to the portion of the object hit by the infrared ray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.