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Digital camera

US7889268B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 2007
Grant dateFeb 15, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/55
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital camera is disclosed, which has a still image shooting mode and a moving image shooting mode, and performs different focusing operations between the still image shooting mode and the moving image shooting mode. According to present invention, the range of focusing tolerance or the driving speed of a focusing optical system can vary between the still image shooting mode and the moving image shooting mode such as to set the range of focusing tolerance wider or the driving speed of the focusing optical system slower in the moving image shooting mode.

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