Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image-capturing apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像捕获设备
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Application No.: US11563256Application Date: 2006-11-27
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Publication No.: US07671907B2Publication Date: 2010-03-02
- Inventor: Masao Kobayashi , Hideo Nakamura
- Applicant: Masao Kobayashi , Hideo Nakamura
- Applicant Address: US NY Rochester
- Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
- Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Rochester
- Agent Thomas J. Strouse; Peyton C. Watkins
- Priority: JP2006-038624 20060215
- Main IPC: H04N5/262
- IPC: H04N5/262 ; H04N5/247

Abstract:
A digital camera enables high-speed zooming operation without use of a zoom lens. Light originating from a fixed-focal-length lens is split into two beams by a beam splitter, to thus form respective images on a first image sensor and a second image sensor. The first image sensor and the second image sensor are equal to each other in terms of the number of pixels, but differ from each other in terms of a pixel size. The first image sensor acquires a wide image, and the second image sensor acquires a telephotography image. An output is produced by means of switching between the first image sensor and the second image sensor, in response to zooming operation. When the image from the first image sensor is recorded, focus detection is performed by use of an image signal from the second image sensor, to thus effect automatic focusing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070188650A1 IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2007-08-16
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