JP2011248173A5 - - Google Patents
Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- JP2011248173A5 JP2011248173A5 JP2010122363A JP2010122363A JP2011248173A5 JP 2011248173 A5 JP2011248173 A5 JP 2011248173A5 JP 2010122363 A JP2010122363 A JP 2010122363A JP 2010122363 A JP2010122363 A JP 2010122363A JP 2011248173 A5 JP2011248173 A5 JP 2011248173A5
- Authority
- JP
- Japan
- Prior art keywords
- light emission
- flash light
- accumulation
- amount
- unit
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Granted
Links
Description
上記目的を達成するため第１の発明に係わる撮影装置は、受光量に応じた光電流を蓄積し、この蓄積した光電流に応じた画像信号を出力する撮像手段と、上記光電流の蓄積を制御する蓄積制御手段と、閃光発光により被写体を照明する閃光発光手段と、上記閃光発光手段の発光時間と発光強度の関係を示す発光波形情報を記憶する発光波形記憶手段と、上記撮像手段の蓄積時間と、上記閃光発光手段の発光量を演算する露出演算手段と、上記発光波形記憶手段の出力と、上記露出演算手段の出力する蓄積時間に基づいて、上記閃光発光手段の発光開始から上記撮像手段の蓄積開始のタイミングを設定する蓄積開始時間設定手段と、上記閃光発光手段の発光の開始と停止を制御する閃光発光制御手段と、を具備し、上記蓄積制御手段は、上記蓄積開始時間設定手段の出力に基づき上記撮像手段の蓄積を開始させるとともに、上記閃光発光制御手段は、上記露出演算手段の出力する発光量に基づいて上記閃光発光手段の発光を停止させる。 In order to achieve the above object, an imaging apparatus according to a first invention accumulates a photocurrent corresponding to the amount of received light, outputs an image signal corresponding to the accumulated photocurrent, and stores the photocurrent. Storage control means for controlling, flash light emitting means for illuminating the subject by flash light emission, light emission waveform storage means for storing light emission waveform information indicating the relationship between light emission time and light emission intensity of the flash light emission means, and storage of the imaging means . a product time, the exposure calculation means for calculating the outgoing light amount of the flash light emitting means, the output of the emission waveform storage means, based on the output accumulation time you the exposure calculation unit, the light emission start of the flash light emission means from comprising an accumulation start time setting means for setting a timing of the accumulation start of the imaging means, and the flash light emission control means for controlling the start and stop of emission of the flash light emitting means, and said storage control means, the蓄Accumulated with to start of the imaging means based on the output of the start time setting unit, the flash light emission control means stops the light emission of the flash light emission means based on the output outgoing light amount you above exposure calculation means.
第３の発明に係わる撮影装置は、上記第２の発明において、上記発光量測定手段は、上記撮像手段の蓄積開始から上記閃光発光手段の発光量の測定を開始し、上記測定された発光量が上記露出演算手段の出力する上記発光量に達すると、上記閃光発光制御手段へ信号を出力する。
第４の発明に係わる撮影装置は、上記第１の発明において、上記閃光発光制御手段は、上記発光波形記憶手段の出力と上記露出演算手段の出力する発光量に基づいて発光の停止を制御する。
Imaging device according to the third aspect of the invention related to the second invention, the luminescence measuring means starts measuring the light emission amount of the flash light emitting means from the accumulation start of the imaging means, the light emission amount, which is the measurement There reaches above Symbol onset amount of light output of said exposure calculation means, and outputs the signal to the flash light emission controlling means.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the flash light emission control means controls the stop of light emission based on the output of the light emission waveform storage means and the light emission amount output by the exposure calculation means. .
第５の発明に係わる撮影装置は、上記第１ないし上記第４の発明の何れかにおいて、上記撮像手段は、入射する光に応じて、蓄積される電荷量が変化する光電変換素子と、当該光電変換素子に蓄積された電荷を保持する電荷保持部とを有する画素が２次元的にマトリックス配置された画素部と、蓄積開始の指示により、複数行の上記画素部において、蓄積開始および蓄積終了が同時になされるように、上記画素を制御する電荷蓄積制御部と、を備える。 According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the imaging apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the imaging means includes a photoelectric conversion element that changes an amount of accumulated charges in accordance with incident light, and Accumulation starts and ends in a plurality of rows of pixel units in accordance with a pixel unit having a two-dimensional matrix arrangement of pixels having a charge storage unit that holds charges stored in the photoelectric conversion elements And a charge accumulation control unit for controlling the pixels so that the above is performed at the same time.
第６の発明に係わる撮影装置は、上記第１ないし上記第５の発明の何れかにおいて、上記蓄積開始時間設定手段は、上記発光波形記憶手段に記憶された発光波形を複数の期間に分割し、複数の期間のいずれかを選択して該期間の発光波形に応じた演算式により蓄積開始タイミングを演算する。 According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fifth aspects , the accumulation start time setting means divides the light emission waveform stored in the light emission waveform storage means into a plurality of periods. Then, any one of a plurality of periods is selected, and the accumulation start timing is calculated by an arithmetic expression corresponding to the light emission waveform in the period.
第７の発明に係わる撮影装置は、上記第１ないし上記第６の発明の何れかにおいて、上記閃光発光手段は、上記撮影装置に装着可能に構成される外部閃光発光装置であって、上記発光波形情報を記憶しており、上記撮影装置は、上記外部閃光発光装置と通信可能な通信部を有し、上記通信部は、上記外部閃光発光装置と通信して該外部閃光発光装置の発光波形情報を取得する。 The photographing apparatus according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is the external flash light emitting apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the flash light emitting means is configured to be attachable to the photographing apparatus. Waveform information is stored, and the imaging device has a communication unit capable of communicating with the external flash light emitting device, and the communication unit communicates with the external flash light emitting device to emit light from the external flash light emitting device. Get information.
第８の発明に係わる撮影装置は、上記第７の発明において、上記発光量測定手段は、上記外部閃光発光装置に配置されており、上記露出演算手段は、上記通信部を介して上記発光量を上記発光量測定手段に送信する。
Above eighth imaging device according to the invention, in the seventh aspect, the light emission amount measurement means, Ri Contact disposed to the external flash light emission device, the upper Symbol exposure calculation means, via the communication unit the serial onset amount transmitted to the luminescence measuring means.
Claims (8)
上記光電流の蓄積を制御する蓄積制御手段と、
閃光発光により被写体を照明する閃光発光手段と、
上記閃光発光手段の発光時間と発光強度の関係を示す発光波形情報を記憶する発光波形記憶手段と、
上記撮像手段の蓄積時間と、上記閃光発光手段の発光量を演算する露出演算手段と、
上記発光波形記憶手段の出力と、上記露出演算手段の出力する蓄積時間に基づいて、上記閃光発光手段の発光開始から上記撮像手段の蓄積開始のタイミングを設定する蓄積開始時間設定手段と、
上記閃光発光手段の発光の開始と停止を制御する閃光発光制御手段と、
を具備し、
上記蓄積制御手段は、上記蓄積開始時間設定手段の出力に基づき上記撮像手段の蓄積を開始させるとともに、上記閃光発光制御手段は、上記露出演算手段の出力する発光量に基づいて上記閃光発光手段の発光を停止させる、
ことを特徴とする撮影装置。 Imaging means for accumulating photocurrent according to the amount of received light and outputting an image signal according to the accumulated photocurrent;
Accumulation control means for controlling accumulation of the photocurrent;
Flash light emitting means for illuminating the subject by flash light emission;
A light emission waveform storage means for storing light emission waveform information indicating a relationship between the light emission time and the light emission intensity of the flash light emission means;
And accumulation time of the image pickup means, an exposure calculating means for calculating the outgoing light amount of the flash light emission unit,
The output of the emission waveform storage means, based on the output accumulation time you the exposure calculation means, an accumulation start time setting means for setting a timing of the accumulation start of the imaging means from the emission start of the flash light emission unit,
Flash light emission control means for controlling the start and stop of light emission of the flash light emission means,
Comprising
Said storage control means causes to start the accumulation of the imaging means based on an output of the storage start time setting unit, the flash light emission controlling means, said flash light emitting means based on the output outgoing light amount you above exposure calculation means Stop flashing
An imaging apparatus characterized by that.
入射する光に応じて、蓄積される電荷量が変化する光電変換素子と、当該光電変換素子に蓄積された電荷を保持する電荷保持部とを有する画素が２次元的にマトリックス配置された画素部と、
蓄積開始の指示により、複数行の上記画素部において、蓄積開始および蓄積終了が同時になされるように、上記画素を制御する電荷蓄積制御部と、
を備えることを特徴とする請求項１ないし４の何れか一項に記載の撮影装置。 The imaging means is
A pixel unit in which pixels having a photoelectric conversion element in which the amount of accumulated charge changes according to incident light and a charge holding unit that holds the charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion element are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix When,
A charge accumulation control unit that controls the pixels so that accumulation starts and ends at the same time in a plurality of rows of the pixel units in accordance with an instruction to start accumulation;
The imaging device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:
上記撮影装置は、上記外部閃光発光装置と通信可能な通信部を有し、
上記通信部は、上記外部閃光発光装置と通信して該外部閃光発光装置の発光波形情報を取得する、
ことを特徴とする請求項１ないし６の何れか一項に記載の撮影装置。 The flash light emitting means is an external flash light emitting device configured to be attachable to the photographing device, and stores the light emission waveform information,
The photographing apparatus has a communication unit capable of communicating with the external flash light emitting device,
The communication unit communicates with the external flash light emitting device to acquire light emission waveform information of the external flash light emitting device.
The photographing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the photographing apparatus is characterized in that:
上記露出演算手段は、上記通信部を介して上記発光量を上記発光量測定手段に送信する、
ことを特徴とする請求項７に記載の撮影装置。 The luminescence measuring means, Ri Contact disposed to the external flash light emission device,
Upper Symbol exposure calculation means transmits over SL onset amount in the luminescence measuring means via the communication unit,
The imaging device according to claim 7 , wherein:
Priority Applications (5)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP2010122363A JP5683842B2 (en) | 2010-05-28 | 2010-05-28 | Imaging device |
| US13/012,174 US8817173B2 (en) | 2010-02-01 | 2011-01-24 | Photographing apparatus capable of flash emission |
| CN201110030320.8A CN102141719B (en) | 2010-02-01 | 2011-01-27 | Photographing apparatus |
| CN201310319487.5A CN103402296B (en) | 2010-02-01 | 2011-01-27 | Camera |
| US14/444,417 US9294684B2 (en) | 2010-02-01 | 2014-07-28 | Photographing apparatus capable of flash light emission |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP2010122363A JP5683842B2 (en) | 2010-05-28 | 2010-05-28 | Imaging device |
Publications (3)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| JP2011248173A JP2011248173A (en) | 2011-12-08 |
| JP2011248173A5 true JP2011248173A5 (en) | 2013-07-04 |
| JP5683842B2 JP5683842B2 (en) | 2015-03-11 |
Family
ID=45413495
Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP2010122363A Expired - Fee Related JP5683842B2 (en) | 2010-02-01 | 2010-05-28 | Imaging device |
Country Status (1)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| JP (1) | JP5683842B2 (en) |
Families Citing this family (5)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP5996286B2 (en) * | 2012-06-12 | 2016-09-21 | オリンパス株式会社 | External strobe device and imaging device |
| JP6402438B2 (en) * | 2013-09-27 | 2018-10-10 | 株式会社ニコン | Imaging device |
| CN105657284A (en) * | 2014-11-19 | 2016-06-08 | 力钜电子股份有限公司 | Method for controlling flash time of plug-in flash lamp |
| KR102449873B1 (en) | 2015-12-11 | 2022-10-04 | 삼성전자주식회사 | Method for controlling photographing device including flash and apparatus for photographing |
| KR102072797B1 (en) * | 2019-05-27 | 2020-02-03 | 세종대학교 산학협력단 | Automatic calibration system for strobe light |
Family Cites Families (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP4872170B2 (en) * | 2001-07-31 | 2012-02-08 | 株式会社ニコン | Camera system |
| JP4151264B2 (en) * | 2001-12-06 | 2008-09-17 | 株式会社ニコン | Camera system |
-
2010
- 2010-05-28 JP JP2010122363A patent/JP5683842B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
Similar Documents
| Publication | Publication Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| JP2011248173A5 (en) | ||
| EP3595008A3 (en) | Solid-state image pickup device and electronic apparatus | |
| JP2014060517A5 (en) | Solid-state imaging device | |
| JP2011166123A5 (en) | ||
| JP2014143667A5 (en) | ||
| EP2418844A3 (en) | Solid-state imaging device and camera system | |
| JP2015165648A5 (en) | ||
| EP2334057A3 (en) | Solid-state imaging device and camera system | |
| EP2437484A3 (en) | Imaging device and camera system | |
| JP2013110565A5 (en) | ||
| EP2306165A3 (en) | Ambient light detection | |
| JP2007228155A5 (en) | ||
| JP2013054333A5 (en) | ||
| JP2011160188A5 (en) | ||
| JP2012163846A5 (en) | ||
| JP2012520455A5 (en) | ||
| JP2007300368A5 (en) | ||
| JP2012074864A5 (en) | ||
| JP2011061530A5 (en) | ||
| JP2013157904A5 (en) | ||
| JP2012124439A5 (en) | Photoelectric conversion device, camera system, and driving method of photoelectric conversion device | |
| JP2009246774A5 (en) | ||
| JP2014230208A5 (en) | ||
| JP2012129634A5 (en) | Solid-state imaging device, imaging system, and driving method of solid-state imaging device | |
| JP2007174217A5 (en) |