Patent · US Expired

Image sensing method, image sensing apparatus, lens control method therefor, and storage medium

US6967686B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 24, 1999
Grant dateNov 22, 2005
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Expiry dateFeb 24, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B9/58
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

It is an object of this invention to provide an image sensing method which allows object focus tracking during zooming regardless of the shutter speed. In order to achieve this object, a zoom motor for driving a zoom lens is controlled by a lens control microcomputer to decrease the zoom speed.

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