Abstract:
A focus detecting device which is of the kind having a plurality of focus detecting areas and detecting focus by selecting a desired area from among the focus detecting areas is arranged such that the desired focus detecting area is selected by operating an operation member to shift the selecting position from one area to another one by one in a first mode and at intervals of a plurality of areas in a second mode, so that the focus detecting area can be speedily selected.
Abstract:
In order to realize focus detection using distance measurement areas more than the prior art without increasing the circuit scale, an accumulation control device has an AF sensor driving device SDR, which has i accumulation controllers that are fewer than the number j of photoelectric conversion element arrays and independently perform accumulation control of photoelectric conversion element arrays SNS-1A and SNS-1B to SNS-jA and SNS-jB in units of arrays in accordance with accumulation monitor signals, and a multiplexer DETMPX for selectively switching the accumulation monitor signals to be supplied from the photoelectric conversion element arrays to the accumulation controllers via signal lines BMON1 to BMONi. Photoelectric conversion element arrays equal to the number i of accumulation controllers are selected from the j photoelectric conversion element arrays, and accumulation control is done using only the accumulation control signals output from the selected photoelectric conversion element arrays. Focus adjustment can be performed by freely selecting an arbitrary distance measurement point from a broad distance measurement area without increasing the circuit scale of the accumulation controllers.
Abstract:
An image processing method is for processing image data that has been captured by an image sensing apparatus having an image sensing device in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arrayed two-dimensionally for outputting an electric signal in accordance with an incident amount of light. According to the method, attitude information representing the attitude of the image sensing apparatus is input and, in a case where the input attitude information of the image sensing apparatus indicates an attitude that has been specified in advance, the image data is subjected to rotation processing, which conforms to the attitude specified in advance, successively in units of a prescribed number of pixels divided into a plurality of areas.
Abstract:
In processing an image signal output from an image sensing unit which includes a plurality of image sensing regions constructing one frame and a plurality of output terminals in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of image sensing regions, and which outputs, from each of the plurality of output terminals, an image signal pertaining to image sensing in a corresponding image sensing region and a dummy image signal concerning the corresponding image sensing region, offset differences between a plurality of image signals output from the plurality of output terminals are reduced on the basis of a plurality of dummy image signals output from the plurality of output terminals. The plurality of dummy image signals are independent of electric charge obtained from photoelectric converters of the image sensing unit.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an image processing method for processing image data that has been captured by an image sensing apparatus having an image sensing device in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arrayed two-dimensionally for outputting an electric signal in accordance with an incident amount of light. According to the method, attitude information representing the attitude of the image sensing apparatus is input and, in a case where the input attitude information of the image sensing apparatus indicates an attitude that has been specified in advance, the image data is subjected to rotation processing, which conforms to the attitude specified in advance, successively in units of a prescribed number of pixels divided into a plurality of areas.
Abstract:
An installation structure allows easy installation of vibration-proofing members in an electric motor, which avoid resonance due to vibration of an engine, without increasing the number of components. A bottom wall of an installation hole for receiving the electric motor is spaced from a bottom wall of a yoke. Also, flexible tabs are formed on the bottom wall of the yoke. In this arrangement, the electric motor is installed in the installation hole in a manner such that the flexible tabs are pressed into contact with a step portion arranged on the bottom wall of the installation hole.
Abstract:
A measuring unit measures an amount of a detected phase difference from an output of a vibration detection signal from a first detection electrode until an output of a vibration detection signal from a second detection electrode. A setting unit sets a second driving phase difference amount based on the detected phase difference amount measured by the measuring unit when the setting unit sets a first driving phase difference amount set in advance. A first voltage applied by a drive unit to the first drive electrode and the second drive electrode when the setting unit sets the first driving phase difference amount, is lower than a second voltage applied by the drive unit to the first drive electrode and the second drive electrode when the setting unit sets the second driving phase difference amount.
Abstract:
An image pickup apparatus having a simpler hardware configuration and capable of operating by a smaller power consumption. The apparatus has an image pickup device for producing image data by photographing an image, a first storage device for storing image data obtained by the image pickup device, a size reduction circuit for reducing the size of the image data stored in the first storage device after reading out the image data, a second storage device for storing, in a unit corresponding to a predetermined number of lines, the size-reduced image data obtained by the size reduction circuit, and a single compression circuit for alternately performing, by predetermined timing, first compression processing and second compression processing to obtain two kinds of compressed data representing one photographed image, the first compression processing including reading out the image data stored in the first storage device and compressing the image data without reducing the size, the second compression processing including compressing the size-reduced image data stored in the second storage device.
Abstract:
A rotational speed switcher which employs a synchronous motor which is low-cost, long-lasting and quiet, and when applied to a printer or document scanning apparatus or the like enables documents to be transported at either of two speeds selected by switching the motor between forward and reverse operating modes without changing the direction of rotation of the drive shafts.
Abstract:
A measuring unit measures an amount of a detected phase difference from an output of a vibration detection signal from a first detection electrode until an output of a vibration detection signal from a second detection electrode. A setting unit sets a second driving phase difference amount based on the detected phase difference amount measured by the measuring unit when the setting unit sets a first driving phase difference amount set in advance. A first voltage applied by a drive unit to the first drive electrode and the second drive electrode when the setting unit sets the first driving phase difference amount, is lower than a second voltage applied by the drive unit to the first drive electrode and the second drive electrode when the setting unit sets the second driving phase difference amount.