Image capture device, controller and computer program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8994793-B2
Application number	US-201213667395-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2012
Priority date	Nov 7, 2011
Publication date	Mar 31, 2015
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015

Abstract

A digital camera includes a first optical system including a first optical axis; a second optical system including a second optical axis which is different from the first optical axis; a first image sensor and a second image sensor for detecting subject images; and a controller for performing focus control on each optical system and for instructing each image sensor to execute shooting operation. The controller instructs the first image sensor and the second image sensor to execute shooting operation at a first timing when the focus operation for the first optical system is finished or a second timing when the focus operation for the second optical system is finished, which is later.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image capture device, comprising:
a first optical system including a first focus lens that moves along a first optical axis;
a second optical system including a second focus lens that moves along a second optical axis, the second optical axis being different from the first optical axis;
at least one image sensor that detects a subject image formed via the first optical system and the second optical system; and
a controller that moves the first focus…

Assignees

• Panasonic Corp
• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fukugawa Kohei
• Sasaki Shogo

Classifications

• H04N13/296

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N13/25 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N13/025 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N13/0296

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N13/0239

  Electricity · mapped topic