Title:
CAMERA PROVIDED WITH OBJECT TRACKING FUNCTION
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3237273
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To track an object again without missing the object after finishing exposure even when the object is moved in the midst of controlling the exposure in regard to a camera provided with an object tracking function by which the object moving in a field is automatically tracked.
CONSTITUTION: This camera is provided with a photometry means 10 performing photometry by dividing the field into plural areas and outputting plural pieces of photometry information concerning the luminance of the field, an object tracking means 12 detecting the movement of the object by using output from the means 10 and tracking the object, and a movement predicting means 15 perdicting and calculating the movement of the object according to output from the means 12 while the photometry of the field can not be performed by the means 10 and obtaining the position of the object after the photometry of the object is restarted by the means 10.
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Iwasaki
Application Number:
JP3936793A
Publication Date:
December 10, 2001
Filing Date:
February 02, 1993
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION
International Classes:
G03B7/099; G03B7/28; G03B15/00; G06T1/00; (IPC1-7): G03B15/00; G03B7/099; G03B7/28; G06T1/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP4217237A | ||||
| JP63128876A | ||||
| JP377482A | ||||
| JP2195334A | ||||
| JP2141733A | ||||
| JP4260010A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hisao Kamata (1 person outside)