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Exposing apparatus for performing exposure control corresponding to the luminance level of an object

US5473374A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 14, 1994
Grant dateDec 5, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 14, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/72
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An exposing apparatus comprises: a lens group to fetch a light from an object; an iris to adjust a light amount from the lens group; an image pickup device to convert the light which passed through the iris into the electric signal; a detecting circuit to detect a luminance signal level from an output signal from the image pickup device; a reference level signal setting circuit to set an exposure control reference value to control the iris; an exposure control reference value modulating circuit to modulate the exposure control reference value when the iris is controlled; and a control circuit to set the exposure control reference value in correspondence to the luminance signal level when an output level of the detecting circuit is larger than a set value.

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