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Exposure calculating apparatus
Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 1990-08-15
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Granted: 1992-03-17
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Expires: 2010-08-15
Abstract
Abstract The disclosure relates to an exposure calculation apparatus which includes plural light measuring devices for measuring lights incident on a plurality of regions of a photographing image plane and outputting measured data of the lights; plural devices for detecting the focusing conditions of objects present in a plurality of the regions of the photographing image plane and outputting data on the focusing conditions; a position detecting devices for detecting the position which a main object occupies in the photographing image plane on the data on the focusing condition outputted from the focusing conditions detecting devices; calculation device for making a plurality of calculations each of which is made depending on at least one of the data of measured lights ouputted from the light measuring devices; and selecting devices for selecting one of the plurality of calculations on the position detected by the position detecting devices and the data on the focusing conditions of the position.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasuteru Yamano
- 👤 Takehiro Katoh
- 👤 Akihiko Fujino
- 👤 Kenji Tsuji
- 👤 Shuji Izumi
- 👤 Masaki Nakai
- 👤 Nobuyuki Taniguchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 15:37
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B7/00; G02B7/28; G02B7/36; G03; G03B; G03B7/00; G03B7/08; G03B7/099; G03B7/0993; G03B7/0997; G03B7/09979
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
203 words
An exposure calculation apparatus comprising: first means for measuring light incident on a plurality of light measuring regions of a photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the measured light; second means for detecting focusing conditions of a photo-taking lens with respect to objects present in a plurality of focus detection regions of the photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the detected focusing conditions; third means for detecting the focus detection regions, where a main object exists, on the basis of the plurality of signals representative of the focusing conditions generated by the second means; fourth means for detecting positional relationships between the main object and objects existing at the focus detection regions except where the main object exists on the basis of the plurality of signals representative of the focusing conditions generated by the second means; fifth means for performing a plurality of calculations, each of which is performed on the basis of at least one of the signals representative of the measured light generated by the first means; and sixth means for selecting one of the plurality of calculations on the basis of the detection results of the third and fourth means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
203 words
An exposure calculation apparatus comprising: first means for measuring light incident on a plurality of light measuring regions of a photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the measured light; second means for detecting focusing conditions of a photo-taking lens with respect to objects present in a plurality of focus detection regions of the photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the detected focusing conditions; third means for detecting the focus detection regions, where a main object exists, on the basis of the plurality of signals representative of the focusing conditions generated by the second means; fourth means for detecting positional relationships between the main object and objects existing at the focus detection regions except where the main object exists on the basis of the plurality of signals representative of the focusing conditions generated by the second means; fifth means for performing a plurality of calculations, each of which is performed on the basis of at least one of the signals representative of the measured light generated by the first means; and sixth means for selecting one of the plurality of calculations on the basis of the detection results of the third and fourth means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
60 words
An exposure calculation apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second means detects defocus amounts with respect to the plurality of focus detection regions as the focusing conditions and wherein the fourth means detects the positional relationships by calculating difference of the defocus amounts between the focus detection region existing the main object and the other focus detection regions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
An exposure calculation apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fourth means judges whether or not the objects, existing the focus detection regions except where the main object exists, is identical with the main object by detecting the relationships.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
An exposure calculation apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising seventh means for detecting the ratio that the image of the main object occupies in the photographing image plane and where in the sixth means performs the selecting operation with using also the ratio.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
An exposure calculation apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ratio detected by the seventh means is magnification and is calculated on the basis of the focal length of photo-taking lens and the focus condition with respect to the main object.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
An exposure calculation apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the sixth means performs the selecting operation while ignoring the positional relationships when the magnification is higher than a predetermined value or lower than another predetermined value.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
An exposure calculation apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the sixth means performs the selecting operation while attaching greater importance to the positional relationships as the magnification is lower.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
An exposure calculation apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising eighth means for inputting a signal representative of the focal length of a photo-taking lens and wherein the sixth means performs the selecting operation while ignoring the positional relationships when the focal length is shorter than a predetermined focal length.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
An exposure calculation apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the focus detection regions corresponds to one of the light measuring regions.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
145 words
An exposure calculation apparatus comprising: first means for measuring light incident on a plurality of light measuring regions of a photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the measured light; second means for detecting focusing conditions of a photo-taking lens with respect to objects present in a plurality of focus detection regions of the photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of defocus amounts with respect to the plurality of the focus detection regions; third means for performing a plurality of calculations, each of which is performed on the basis of at least one of the signals representative of the measured light generated by the first means; and fourth means for selecting one of the plurality of calculations on the basis of difference of defocus amounts between a certain focus detection region and the other focus detection regions.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
145 words
An exposure calculation apparatus comprising: first means for measuring light incident on a plurality of light measuring regions of a photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the measured light; second means for detecting focusing conditions of a photo-taking lens with respect to objects present in a plurality of focus detection regions of the photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of defocus amounts with respect to the plurality of the focus detection regions; third means for performing a plurality of calculations, each of which is performed on the basis of at least one of the signals representative of the measured light generated by the first means; and fourth means for selecting one of the plurality of calculations on the basis of difference of defocus amounts between a certain focus detection region and the other focus detection regions.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
197 words
An exposure calculation apparatus comprising: first means for measuring light incident on a plurality of light measuring regions of a photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the measured light; second means for detecting focusing conditions of a photo-taking lens with respect to objects present in a plurality of focus detection regions of the photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of defocus amounts with respect to the plurality of the focus detection regions; third means for detecting the focus detection region where a main object exists on the basis of the plurality of signals representative of the defocus amounts generated by the second means; fourth means for detecting a stretch of the main object on the basis of the plurality of signals representative of the defocus amounts generated by the second means; fifth means for performing a plurality of calculations each of which is performed on the basis of at least one of the signals representative of the measured light generated by the first means; and sixth means for selecting one f the plurality of calculations on the basis of the detection result of the third and fourth means.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
197 words
An exposure calculation apparatus comprising: first means for measuring light incident on a plurality of light measuring regions of a photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the measured light; second means for detecting focusing conditions of a photo-taking lens with respect to objects present in a plurality of focus detection regions of the photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of defocus amounts with respect to the plurality of the focus detection regions; third means for detecting the focus detection region where a main object exists on the basis of the plurality of signals representative of the defocus amounts generated by the second means; fourth means for detecting a stretch of the main object on the basis of the plurality of signals representative of the defocus amounts generated by the second means; fifth means for performing a plurality of calculations each of which is performed on the basis of at least one of the signals representative of the measured light generated by the first means; and sixth means for selecting one f the plurality of calculations on the basis of the detection result of the third and fourth means.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
164 words
An exposure calculation apparatus comprising: first means for measuring light incident on a plurality of light measuring regions of a photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the measured light; second means for detecting focusing conditions of a photo-taking lens with respect to objects present in a plurality of focus detection regions of the photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of defocus amounts with respect to the plurality of the focus detection regions; third means for detecting a stretch of a main object on the basis of the plurality of signals representative of the defocus amounts generated by the second means; fourth means for performing a plurality of calculations, each of which is performed on the basis of at least one of the signals representative of the measured light generated by the first means; and fifth means for selecting one of the plurality of calculations on the basis of the detection result of the third means.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
164 words
An exposure calculation apparatus comprising: first means for measuring light incident on a plurality of light measuring regions of a photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the measured light; second means for detecting focusing conditions of a photo-taking lens with respect to objects present in a plurality of focus detection regions of the photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of defocus amounts with respect to the plurality of the focus detection regions; third means for detecting a stretch of a main object on the basis of the plurality of signals representative of the defocus amounts generated by the second means; fourth means for performing a plurality of calculations, each of which is performed on the basis of at least one of the signals representative of the measured light generated by the first means; and fifth means for selecting one of the plurality of calculations on the basis of the detection result of the third means.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
160 words
An exposure calculation apparatus comprising: first means for measuring light incident on a plurality of light measuring regions of a photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the measured light; second means for detecting focusing conditions of a photo-taking lens with respect to objects present in a plurality of focus detection regions of the photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the detected focusing conditions; third means for detecting a stretch of a main object on the basis of the focusing condition signals with respect to a certain focus detection region and its adjacent focus detection regions; fourth means for performing a plurality of calculations, each of which is performed on the basis of at least one of the signals representative of the measured light generated by the first means; and fifth means for selecting one of the plurality of calculations on the basis of the detection result of the third means.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
160 words
An exposure calculation apparatus comprising: first means for measuring light incident on a plurality of light measuring regions of a photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the measured light; second means for detecting focusing conditions of a photo-taking lens with respect to objects present in a plurality of focus detection regions of the photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the detected focusing conditions; third means for detecting a stretch of a main object on the basis of the focusing condition signals with respect to a certain focus detection region and its adjacent focus detection regions; fourth means for performing a plurality of calculations, each of which is performed on the basis of at least one of the signals representative of the measured light generated by the first means; and fifth means for selecting one of the plurality of calculations on the basis of the detection result of the third means.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
156 words
An exposure calculation apparatus comprising: first means for measuring light incident on a plurality of light measuring regions of a photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the measured light; second means for detecting focusing conditions of a photo-taking lens with respect to objects present in a plurality of focus detection regions of the photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of defocus amounts with respect to the plurality of the focus detection regions; third means for detecting distribution of the plurality of signals representative of the defocus amounts generated by the second means; fourth means for performing a plurality of calculations, each of which is performed on the basis of at least one of the signals representative of the measured light generated by the first means; and fifth means for selecting one of the plurality of calculations on the basis of the detection result of the third means.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
156 words
An exposure calculation apparatus comprising: first means for measuring light incident on a plurality of light measuring regions of a photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of the measured light; second means for detecting focusing conditions of a photo-taking lens with respect to objects present in a plurality of focus detection regions of the photographing image plane to generate a plurality of signals representative of defocus amounts with respect to the plurality of the focus detection regions; third means for detecting distribution of the plurality of signals representative of the defocus amounts generated by the second means; fourth means for performing a plurality of calculations, each of which is performed on the basis of at least one of the signals representative of the measured light generated by the first means; and fifth means for selecting one of the plurality of calculations on the basis of the detection result of the third means.
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