H - Electricity – 04 – N
Patent
H - Electricity
04
N
H04N 5/235 (2006.01) H04N 9/73 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2076761
51 ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Techniques of a video camera or the like which comprises light emission means like a strobe illuminating a foreground object, are disclosed. By controlling an amount of strobe light emission means in accordance with a control signal to an AGC amplifier, an image picked-up signal from the AGC amplifier is regulated at a constant level. A window pattern corresponding to an intended foreground object to be picked up is selected by pattern selecting means or automatically selected by colour temperature information. Accordingly, the level of the image picked-up signal of the foreground object is detected so that the strobe is controlled to effect light emission in accordance with illumination intensity on the foreground object. In strobe mode: when a condition for strobe light emission is ready, the aperture of an iris is reduced and the gain of an AGC amplifier is fixed at a predetermined value. Accordingly, a dark image representing the condition ready for strobe light emission is displayed on an electronic viewfinder, and in addition saturation of charge accumulation is prevented. Since white balance of an image picked-up signal of foreground object being picked up with light emission of light emission means is controlled in accordance with colour temperature information, the effect of other sources of light besides the light emission means is taken into consideration.
Hashimoto Hiroyuki
Ishii Satoshi
Saitoh Haruo
Aiwa Co. Ltd.
Kirby Eades Gale Baker
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