Imaging device including an optical view finder and a display unit that displays a live view image

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8937679-B2
Application number	US-201313796181-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2013
Priority date	Sep 17, 2010
Publication date	Jan 20, 2015
Grant date	Jan 20, 2015

Abstract

An imaging device of the present invention includes: an imaging optical system; an imaging element that forms a subject image through the imaging optical system; a display unit that displays the subject image imaged by the imaging element, as a live view image; an optical viewfinder; a synthesis unit that synthesizes an optical image visually checked by the optical viewfinder and the live view image displayed by the display unit; a defocus amount calculation unit that calculates a defocus amount from a focusing state of the subject image; and a display control unit that displaces the live view image displayed on the display unit, with respect to the optical image, according to the defocus amount calculated by the defocus amount calculation unit, and that displays the subject image on the display unit so that the optical image fits the live view image when the defocus amount becomes zero.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An imaging device comprising:
an imaging optical system;
an imaging element that forms a subject image through the imaging optical system;
a display unit that displays the subject image imaged by the imaging element, as a live view image;
an optical viewfinder;
a synthesis unit that synthesizes an optical image visually checked by the optical viewfinder and the live view image displayed by the display unit;
a defocus amount calculation unit t…

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Fujiki Shinichiro

Classifications

• G03B3/10 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N23/63 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N23/672

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N23/673

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N5/23293 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic