Digital camera
First Claim
1. A digital camera comprising:
- a first photographing system and a second photographing system which respectively photograph a subject;
a changeover switch which changeovers a photographing system for photographing the subject, to one of said first photographing system or said second photographing system; and
a display control unit which displays an image formed by one photographing system determined by said changeover switch, and which performs a display control so as to display information other than the formed image.
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Abstract
A digital camera comprises two photographing systems which are independent of and substantially identical to each other, and each of which includes a photographing optical system and an image pickup device. The photographing optical system is configured to include a photographing lens, a focusing lens and an aperture stop. The focusing lens of one of the photographing systems is driven stepwise from a first predetermined position at which it is to be located when a focusing position lies at an infinite distance, toward a second predetermined position at which it is to be located when the focusing position lies at the closest distance, while the focusing lens of the other photographing system is driven stepwise from the second predetermined position toward the first predetermined position every step width. The contrasts of images formed by the respective photographing systems are evaluated while the two focusing lenses are being moved, and a position corresponding to the maximum value of the contrasts is determined as the focusing position.
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27 Claims
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1. A digital camera comprising:
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a first photographing system and a second photographing system which respectively photograph a subject;
a changeover switch which changeovers a photographing system for photographing the subject, to one of said first photographing system or said second photographing system; and
a display control unit which displays an image formed by one photographing system determined by said changeover switch, and which performs a display control so as to display information other than the formed image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A digital camera comprising:
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a first photographing system and a second photographing system which respectively pick up an image of a subject;
a changeover switch which changeovers a photographing system for photographing the subject, to one of said first photographing system or said second photographing system; and
a utilization unit which utilizes focus adjustment information at the time when a focus is adjusted when photographing the subject with one photographing system determined by said changeover switch, for a use other than the focus adjustment. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A digital camera comprising:
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a first photographing system and a second photographing system which respectively pick up an image of a subject; and
a focus adjustment control unit which performs a focus adjustment when photographing the subject by at least one of said first photographing system and said second photographing system, by utilizing both said first photographing system and said second photographing system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A digital camera comprising:
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at least one photographing system which includes an image pickup device which picks up an image of a subject, an optical system for forming an image of the subject on said image pickup device, and a focus adjustment unit which adjusts a focus for the subject; and
a display unit which displays the picked up image of said photographing system, and further displays a focus adjustment state indicated by said focus adjustment unit.
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Specification