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What is claimed is:
1. A display apparatus of a camera, comprising:
two-dimensional sensor means for repeatedly imaging an object to be
photographed and for generating two-dimensional luminance signals;
pattern signal generating means for repeatedly generating one-dimensional
pattern signals from the two-dimensional luminance signals;
memory means for storing an immediately preceding pattern signal each time
said pattern signal generating means generates a new pattern signal;
moving amount detecting means for performing, after said memory means
stores an immediately preceding pattern signal, a correlation arithmetic
operation between a new pattern signal and the immediately preceding
pattern signal stored in said memory means to detect a moving amount of
the object to be photographed during a repetition time interval, and for
performing the correlation arithmetic operation each time said memory
means stores an immediately preceding pattern signal; and
display means for displaying a moving amount of the object by using a width
of a photographing picture as a basic unit even if an image of the object
is outside the range of the photographing picture.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display means includes
means for integrating the moving amounts each time a moving amount is
calculated and storing the integrated value, setting means for setting the
integrated value to be predetermined initial value, and a display portion
for displaying the integrated value.
3. A display apparatus of a camera having a light-receiving element for
receiving light from an object to be photographed, at a predetermined
position in a photographing picture, and means for displaying, as the
object to be photographed, the light from said object that is received at
the predetermined position, and a position in the photographing picture to
which the object to be photographed moves, comprising:
operating means;
a light-receiving element for receiving light from the object to be
photographed at a predetermined position in the photographing picture and
for generating a photoelectric signal;
memory means for storing the photoelectric signal when said operating means
is operated;
two-dimensional sensor means for repeatedly imaging the object to be
photographed and for generating two-dimensional luminance signals;
pattern signal generating means for repeatedly generating one-dimensional
pattern signals from the two-dimensional luminance signals;
memory means for storing an immediately preceding pattern signal each time
said pattern signal generating means generates a new pattern signal;
moving amount detecting means for performing, after said memory means
stores an immediately preceding pattern signal, a correlation arithmetic
operation between a new pattern signal and the immediately preceding
pattern signal stored in said memory means to detect a moving amount of
the object to be photographed during a repetition time interval, and for
performing the correlation arithmetic operation each time said memory
means stores an immediately preceding pattern signal;
monitoring means for monitoring the photographing picture; and
mark display means for displaying a movable mark in the picture monitored
by said monitoring means on a peripheral portion of the monitored picture.
4. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said light-receiving element
comprises a light-receiving element for spot photometry.
5. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said light-receiving element
is constituted by a light-receiving element for focus detection.
6. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said operating means
comprises operating a release button.
7. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said operating means
comprises operating a spot photometry button.
8. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said two-dimensional sensor
means comprises a plurality of first scanning lines in a predetermined
direction, a plurality of second scanning lines in a direction
perpendicular to the predetermined direction, and a plurality of
photoelectric conversion elements, arranged at intersections between said
plurality of first scanning lines and said plurality of second scanning
lines, for generating a photoelectric output in accordance with a
selection state of said scanning lines, and said pattern signal generating
means sequentially selects some of said plurality of second scanning lines
while simultaneously selecting some of said plurality of first scanning
lines, thereby generating one-dimensional pattern signals of the object to
be photographed.
9. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said pattern signal
generating means is arranged outside said two-dimensional sensor means and
includes a frame memory for storing a luminance signal from said
two-dimensional sensor means as a two-dimensional pixel pattern,
arithmetic operating means for arithmetically operating a sum of pixels of
one array of said frame memory, and means for sequentially generating the
sum of each array obtained by said arithmetic operating means.
10. An object moving amount detecting apparatus of a camera, having
two-dimensional sensor means, for detecting a moving amount of an object
to be photographed, comprising:
two-dimensional sensor means including a plurality of first pixel selection
lines arranged in a predetermined direction, a plurality of second pixel
selection lines arranged in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined
direction, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, arranged
at intersections between said plurality of first pixel selection lines and
said plurality of second pixel selection lines, for generating a
photoelectric output in accordance with a selection state of said pixel
selection lines;
imaging means for imaging an object to be photographed on said
two-dimensional sensor means;
control means for sequentially selecting some of said plurality of second
pixel selection lines while simultaneously selecting some of said
plurality of first pixel selection lines, thereby causing said
two-dimensional sensor means to repeatedly output pattern signals of the
image of the object to be photographed;
memory means for storing an immediately preceding pattern signal each time
said control means outputs a new pattern signal; and
moving amount detecting means for performing, after said memory means
stores an immediately preceding pattern signal, a correlation arithmetic
operation between a new pattern signal and the immediately preceding
pattern signal stored in said memory means to detect a moving amount of
the object to be photographed during the repetition time interval, and for
performing the correlation arithmetic operation each time said memory
means stores an immediately preceding pattern signal.
11. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said plurality of first
pixel selection lines comprise vertical pixel selection lines, and said
plurality of second pixel selection lines comprise horizontal pixel
selection lines.
12. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said plurality of first
pixel selection lines comprise horizontal pixel selection lines, and said
plurality of second pixel selection lines comprise vertical pixel
selection lines.
13. An apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising means for
arithmetically operating a luminance of the object to be photographed on
the basis of at least one of a new pattern signal and an immediately
preceding pattern signal stored in said memory means.
14. An apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising means for
detecting a focusing state of the image of the object to be photographed
on the basis of at least one of a new pattern signal and an immediately
preceding pattern signal stored in said memory means.
15. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said control means has
shift register means and pulse generating means for generating a
predetermined pulse to said shift register means.
16. An object position detecting apparatus of a camera, having
two-dimensional sensor means, for tracking movement of an initially
registered object to be photographed to detect a position thereof,
comprising:
position information memory means for storing position information;
initializing means for initializing the position information;
two-dimensional sensor means including a plurality of first scanning lines
arranged in a predetermined direction, a plurality of second scanning
lines arranged in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined
direction, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, arranged
at intersections between said plurality of first scanning lines and said
plurality of second scanning lines, for generating a photoelectric output
in accordance with a selection state of said scanning lines;
imaging means for imaging an object to be photographed on said
two-dimensional sensor means;
control means for sequentially selecting some of said plurality of second
scanning lines while simultaneously selecting some of said plurality of
first scanning lines, thereby causing said two-dimensional sensor means to
repeatedly output pattern signals of the image of the object to be
photographed;
memory means for storing an immediately preceding pattern signal each time
said control means outputs a new pattern signal;
moving amount detecting means for performing, after said memory means
stores an immediately preceding pattern signal, a correlation arithmetic
operation between a new pattern signal and the immediately preceding
pattern signal stored in said memory means to detect a moving amount of
the object to be photographed during the repetition time interval, and for
performing the correlation arithmetic operation each time said memory
means stores an immediately preceding pattern signal; and
position detecting means for adding, after said moving amount detecting
means detects the moving amount, the detected moving amount to the
position information to detect a position of the object to be
photographed, and for performing the addition each time said moving amount
detecting means detects the moving amount.
17. An apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said control means has
means for simultaneously selecting some of said plurality of first
scanning lines extending close to a position on said two-dimensional
sensor means corresponding to the position information and for
sequentially selecting some of said plurality of second scanning lines
extending close to the position on said two-dimensional sensor means
corresponding to the position information.
18. An apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising display means
for displaying the position information.
19. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said display means has
means for displaying the position information with reference to the length
of a photographing picture.
20. An apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising means for
outputting the position information outside said camera.
21. A moving amount detecting apparatus of a camera for detecting an object
to be photographed in a photographing picture, comprising:
moving amount detection region setting means for setting a size of a moving
amount detection region in the photographing picture, said moving amount
detection region setting means varying the moving amount detection region
in association with at least one of a luminance measurement and a distance
measurement;
two-dimensional sensor means for repeatedly imaging an object to be
photographed and generating two-dimensional luminance signals;
pattern signal generating means for repeatedly generating one-dimensional
pattern signals from the two-dimensional luminance signals for at least
one of inside and outside said two-dimensional sensor means;
memory means for storing an immediately preceding pattern signal each time
said pattern signal generating means generates a new pattern signal; and
moving amount detecting means for performing, after said memory means
stores an immediately preceding pattern signal, a correlation arithmetic
operation between a new pattern signal and the immediately preceding
pattern signal stored in said memory means to detect a moving amount of
the object to be photographed during the repetition time interval, and for
performing the correlation arithmetic operation each time said memory
means stores immediately preceding pattern signal.
22. An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising photometry means
having a plurality of photometry regions, photometry region setting means
for setting said photometry regions, and association setting means for
performing setting of one of said moving amount detection region setting
means and said photometry region setting means in association with setting
of the other.
23. An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising focus detecting
means having a plurality of focus detection regions, focus detection
region setting means for setting said focus detection regions, and
association setting means for performing setting of one of said moving
amount detection region setting means and said focus detection region
setting means in association with setting of the other.
24. An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising photometry
operating means, partial photometry means for partially measuring a
luminance of an object to be photographed at a predetermined position in
the photographing picture when said photometry operating means is
operated, measuring means for measuring the number of operation times of
said photometry operating means, and means for performing setting of said
moving amount detection region setting means in association with the
number of operation times.
25. An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said moving amount
detection region setting means checks in accordance with a waveform of the
one-dimensional pattern signal whether moving amount detection can be
performed, and sets a moving amount detection region in accordance with
the check result.
26. A camera apparatus having an area display device, comprising:
two-dimensional image sensor means for imaging an object to be
photographed;
sum output means for outputting, from image information output from said
two-dimensional image sensor means, a sum of image signals of pixels of
one array in a direction perpendicular to a predetermined direction;
pattern signal output means for sequentially calculating a plurality of
sums of image signals of pixels in the predetermined direction and for
outputting pattern signals;
memory means for storing a first pattern signal output from said pattern
signal output means;
moving amount arithmetic operation means for arithmetically determining,
after the first pattern signal is stored, a moving amount of the object to
be photographed in the predetermined direction on the basis of a
correlation between a second pattern signal output from said pattern
signal output means and the first pattern signal stored in said memory
means with respect to an image of the object to be photographed;
integrating means for updating, after the moving amount is arithmetically
determined, the second pattern signal as a stored value of said memory
means instead of the first pattern signal; and
display means for displaying the integration result obtained by said
integrating means as a moving amount of a photographing picture from an
initial position.
27. An apparatus according to claim 26, further comprising an operating
member for resetting the integrated value obtained by said integrating
means.
28. An apparatus according to claim 27, further comprising means for
causing said display means to display an alarm when a moving amount
exceeding the length of an imaging limit in the predetermined direction of
said two-dimensional image sensor means is detected in accordance with the
integration performed by said integrating means.
29. An apparatus according to claim 27, wherein said display means
displays, when return of the image of the object to be photographed to the
initial picture is detected in accordance with the arithmetic operation
performed by said integrating means, information indicating the return.
30. An apparatus according to claim 26, wherein said two-dimensional image
sensor means sequentially reads out pixel signals by sequentially scanning
horizontal and vertical scanning lines, and said sum output means
A/D-converts the readout pixel signals and obtains, from the A/D-converted
digital values, a sum of image signals of pixels of one array in a
direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction by a digital
arithmetic operation.
31. An apparatus according to claim 26, wherein said two-dimensional image
sensor means has a horizontal scanning register capable of simultaneously
selecting a plurality of horizontal scanning lines and a vertical scanning
register capable of simultaneously selecting a plurality of vertical
scanning lines and selects a pixel by selecting the horizontal and
vertical scanning lines, thereby outputting a pixel signal, said sum
output means causes one of said horizontal and vertical scanning registers
to simultaneously select a plurality of scanning lines corresponding to
the one resister, thereby calculating a sum of image signals of pixels of
one array in an analog manner, and said pattern signal output means
obtains a pattern signal by selecting scanning lines corresponding to the
other register in the above selection state.
32. A camera apparatus having an area display device, comprising:
operating means for entering a command for commanding one of a selective
luminance measurement and a distance measurement with respect to a
specific narrow angle portion in a picture;
two-dimensional image sensor means for imaging an object to be
photographed;
sum output means for outputting, from image information output from said
two-dimensional image sensor means, a sum of image signals of pixels of
one array in a direction perpendicular to a predetermined direction;
pattern signal output means for sequentially calculating the sums in the
predetermined direction to output pattern signals;
memory means for storing a first pattern signal output from said pattern
signal output means;
moving amount arithmetic operating means for arithmetically operating,
after the first pattern signal is stored, a moving amount of the object to
be photographed in the predetermined direction on the basis of a
correlation between a second pattern signal output from said pattern
signal output means and the first pattern signal stored in said memory
means with respect to an image of the object to be photographed;
repeating means for causing, after the moving amount if arithmetically
operated, said memory means to store the second pattern signal as the
first pattern signal, thereby repeating the moving amount arithmetic
operations; and
display means for displaying the moving amount arithmetic operation result
obtained by said repeating means as a moving amount of the selected narrow
angle portion from an operation timing of said operating means.
33. An apparatus according to claim 32, wherein said moving amount
arithmetic operating means sets a rectangular region in correspondence
with the narrow angle portion and performs an arithmetic operation for the
rectangular region when said operating means is operated.
34. An apparatus according to claim 33, wherein said moving amount
arithmetic operating means performs an arithmetic operation for the entire
picture when said operating means is operated a plurality of times.
35. An apparatus according to claim 34, wherein said display means assigns
a number to a position each time said operating means is operated and
displays the number so that the number overlaps the image of the object to
be photographed.
36. An apparatus according to claim 32, wherein said two-dimensional image
sensor means sequentially reads out pixel signals by sequentially scanning
horizontal and vertical scanning lines, and said sum output means
A/D-converts the readout pixel signals and obtains, from the A/D-converted
digital values, a sum of image signals of pixels of one array in a
direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction by a digital
arithmetic operation.
37. An apparatus according to claim 32, wherein said two-dimensional image
sensor means has a horizontal scanning register capable of simultaneously
selecting a plurality of horizontal scanning lines and a vertical scanning
register capable of simultaneously selecting a plurality of vertical
scanning lines and selects a pixel by selecting the horizontal and
vertical scanning lines, thereby outputting a pixel signal, said sum
output means causes one of said horizontal and vertical scanning registers
to simultaneously select a plurality of scanning lines corresponding to
the one register, thereby calculating a sum of image signals of pixels of
one array in an analog manner, and said pattern signal output means
obtains a pattern signal by selecting scanning lines corresponding to the
other register in the above selection state.
38. A camera apparatus having two-dimensional image sensor means for
imaging an object to be photographed and a moving amount detecting device
for detecting a moving amount of the object to be photographed in a
photographing picture on the basis of a change over time of a pattern
signal of an image signal output from said two-dimensional image sensor
means, comprising:
said two-dimensional image sensor means, having a horizontal scanning
register capable of simultaneously selecting a plurality of horizontal
scanning lines and a vertical scanning register capable of simultaneously
selecting a plurality of vertical scanning lines, for outputting a pixel
signal of a pixel selected by said horizontal and vertical scanning lines;
sum output means for causing one of said horizontal and vertical scanning
registers to simultaneously select a plurality of scanning lines
corresponding to the one register, thereby calculating, from image
information output from said two-dimensional image sensor means, a sum of
image signals of pixels of one array in a direction perpendicular to a
predetermined direction in an analog manner; and
pattern signal output means for sequentially calculating the sums in the
predetermined direction by selecting scanning lines corresponding to the
other register in the above selection state, thereby outputting a pattern
signal.
39. An apparatus according to claim 38, further comprising integrating
means for integrating the sums output from said sum output means in units
of arrays in the predetermined direction, object luminance arithmetic
operating means for arithmetically operating a luminance of the object to
be photographed on the basis of the value integrated by said integrating
means, exposure value arithmetic operating means for arithmetically
operating an exposure value on the basis of the luminance of the object to
be photographed, and exposure control means for controlling an exposure
amount on the basis of the exposure value.
40. An apparatus according to claim 38, further comprising operating means
for commanding distance measurement, focusing state detecting means for
setting a specific region in a picture and detecting a focusing state on
the basis of an image of the object to be photographed in the set specific
region when said operating means is operated, and moving means for moving
the set specific region in accordance with an output from said moving
amount detecting device as the image of the object to be photographed
moves.
41. An apparatus according to claim 38, further comprising exposure control
means for performing exposure control in response to closing of a release
button, time lag information output means for outputting time lag
information required for exposure control, and arithmetic operating means
for arithmetically operating a predicted moving amount during a period
required for exposure control which disables detection of a moving amount
by said moving amount detecting device on the basis of the time lag
information.
42. An apparatus according to claim 38, further comprising operating means
to be operated by a photographer, first selecting means for selecting a
specific number of pixel arrays at intervals of a first predetermined
number of arrays from all the pixel arrays of said two-dimensional image
sensor means and causing said sum output means to calculate sums of the
selected pixel arrays, and second selecting means for selecting pixel
arrays in a number equal to the specific number at intervals of a second
predetermined number of arrays from a specific range of all the pixel
arrays of said two-dimensional image sensor means and causing said sum
output means to calculate sums of the selected pixel arrays.
43. A camera apparatus having an object moving amount detecting device,
comprising:
an optical system for imaging an object to be photographed;
two-dimensional image sensor means for photo-electrically converting the
image of the object to be photographed obtained by said optical system;
first sum output means for outputting a sum of pixels of one array in a
direction perpendicular to a predetermined direction of said
two-dimensional image sensor means;
pattern signal output means for sequentially outputting a plurality of sums
of image signals of pixels in units of arrays in the predetermined
direction as pattern signals;
memory means for storing a first pattern signal output from said pattern
signal output means;
moving amount arithmetic operating means for arithmetically determining,
after the first pattern signal is stored, a moving amount of the object to
be photographed in the predetermined direction in accordance with a
correlation between a second pattern signal output from said pattern
signal output means and the first pattern signal stored in said memory
means with respect to the image of the object to be photographed;
operating means for commanding a distance measurement;
focusing state detecting means for setting a specific region in a picture
and for detecting a focusing state on the basis of an image of the object
to be photographed in the set specific region when said moving amount
arithmetic operating means determines a moving amount; and
moving means for moving the set specific region in accordance with an
output from said moving amount detecting device as the image of the object
to be photographed moves.
44. An apparatus according to claim 43, further comprising image display
means for displaying the image of the object to be photographed, operating
means, object position calculating means for calculating a position of
said image display means in a predetermined direction on the basis of the
image of the object to be photographed output from said two-dimensional
image sensor means when said operating means is operated on the basis of
the moving amount calculated by said moving amount arithmetic operating
means, and display control means for causing said image display means to
display a moved position of the image of the object to be photographed in
the predetermined direction on the basis of the position calculated by
said object position calculating means.
45. An apparatus according to claim 43, further comprising image display
means for displaying the image of the object to be photographed, operating
means for selecting a specific portion, second sum output means for
selecting and adding pixels corresponding to the specific portion from all
pixels of said two-dimensional image sensor means after said operating
means is operated, photometry portion calculating means for calculating,
on the basis of an output from said second sum output means, a moved
position of the specific portion on the basis of a position of the
specific portion obtained when said operating means is operated, and
portion display means for displaying the moved position calculated by said
photometry portion calculating means together with the image of the object
to be photographed.
46. An apparatus according to claim 43, wherein said two-dimensional image
sensor means has a horizontal scanning register capable of simultaneously
selecting a plurality of horizontal scanning lines and a vertical scanning
register capable of simultaneously selecting a plurality of vertical
scanning lines and outputs pixel information of a pixel selected by
selecting the horizontal and vertical scanning lines, said sum output
means causes one of said horizontal and vertical scanning registers to
simultaneously select a plurality of scanning lines corresponding to the
one register and selects scanning lines corresponding to the other
register in this selection state to output a sum of pixels of an array in
one direction of said two-dimensional image sensor means, and said pattern
signal output means sequentially selects the scanning lines corresponding
to the other register while a plurality of scanning lines corresponding to
the one register are selected, thereby obtaining pattern signals.
47. An apparatus according to claim 43, further comprising operating means
to be operated by a photographer, first selecting means for causing a
horizontal scanning register and a vertical scanning register to select a
specific number of pixel arrays at intervals of a first predetermined
number of arrays from all the pixels of said two-dimensional image sensor
means and causing said sum output means to calculate sums of the selected
pixel arrays until said operating means is operated, and second selecting
means for causing said horizontal and vertical scanning registers to
select a specific number of pixel arrays at intervals of a second
predetermined number of arrays from all the pixel arrays of said
two-dimensional image sensor means and causing said sum output means to
calculate sums of the selected pixel arrays after said operating means is
operated.
48. An apparatus according to claim 43, further comprising integrating
means for integrating the sum outputs in units of arrays from said sum
output means, and object luminance arithmetic operating means for
arithmetically operating a luminance of the object to be photographed on
the basis of an output from said integrating means.
49. An apparatus according to claim 43, further comprising exposure control
means for performing exposure control in response to closing of a release
button, time lag information output means for outputting time lag
information required for exposure control, and arithmetic operating means
for arithmetically operating a predicted moving amount during a period
required for exposure control which disables detection of a moving amount
by said moving amount detecting device on the basis of the time lag
information.
50. An apparatus according to claim 43, further comprising an external
output terminal for externally outputting the moving amount arithmetically
operated by said moving amount detecting device.
51. A photographing picture moving amount display apparatus of a camera,
comprising:
imaging means for repeatedly outputting an image signal corresponding to an
object to be photographed;
moving amount detecting means for detecting a moving amount of the
photographing picture on the basis of a change in output signal from said
imaging means; and
display means capable of displaying a moving distance obtained by
integrating the moving amount detected by said moving amount detecting
means even when an image of the object is outside a range of the
photographing picture.
52. An apparatus according to claim 51, wherein said moving amount
detecting means has pattern signal detecting means for detecting a
one-dimensional pattern signal from a two-dimensional pattern signal
output from said imaging means, memory means for storing the
one-dimensional pattern signal, and arithmetic operating means for
arithmetically operating the moving amount in accordance with a
correlation between a signal stored in said memory means and a
one-dimensional pattern signal output again from said pattern signal
detecting means after the signal is stored.
53. An apparatus according to claim 51, further comprising second display
means for displaying, when the value obtained by integrating the moving
amounts detected by said moving amount detecting means reaches a
predetermined amount, information indicating this state;
54. An imaging area display apparatus comprising: two-dimensional image
sensor means for outputting a luminance signal corresponding to an image
of an object to be photographed;
area designating means for designating an area of the image of the object
to be photographed;
area display means for displaying a position of the designated area of the
image of the object to be photographed;
image signal output means for repeatedly outputting an image signal
corresponding to the designated area of an output from said
two-dimensional image sensor means;
moving amount detecting means for comparing a latest image signal and an
immediately preceding image signal output from said image signal output
means to detect a moving amount of the designated area; and
correcting means for correcting an area display position of said area
display means on the basis of the moving amount detected by said moving
amount detecting means.
55. An apparatus according to claim 54, wherein said image signal output
means detects a one-dimensional signal from the two-dimensional luminance
signal from said two-dimensional image sensor means and outputs the
detected signal as the image signal.
56. An imaging area display apparatus comprising:
two-dimensional image sensor means for outputting a luminance signal
corresponding to an image of an object to be photographed;
image signal output means for repeatedly outputting an image signal from
the luminance signal output from said two-dimensional image sensor means;
moving amount detecting means for detecting a moving amount of a
photographing picture on the basis of a change in image signal;
designating means for designating a plurality of areas of the image of the
object to be photographed;
display means for displaying positions of a plurality of designated areas
of the image of the object to be photographed; and
correcting means for correcting a display position of said display means on
the basis of the moving amount detected by said moving amount detecting
means.
57. An apparatus according to claim 56, wherein said image signal output
means detects a one-dimensional pattern signal from the two-dimensional
luminance signal from said two-dimensional image sensor means and outputs
the detected signal as the image signal.
58. A photometry apparatus of a camera, comprising:
imaging means for repeatedly outputting an image signal corresponding to an
image of an object to be photographed;
designating means for designating a portion of the image of the object to
be photographed as a photometry region;
memory means for repeatedly storing an output signal corresponding to the
designated photometry region from the output signal from said imaging
means;
moving amount detecting means for detecting a moving amount of the
photometry region on the basis of the output signal stored in said memory
means and the output signal corresponding to the photometry region
obtained from said imaging means after the output signal is stored in said
memory means;
correcting means for correcting a position of the photometry region in
accordance with the moving amount detected by said moving amount detecting
means; and
arithmetic operating means for arithmetically operating a luminance value
of the photometry region in accordance with one of the output signal
stored in said memory means and the output signal corresponding to the
photometry region obtained from said imaging means after the output signal
is stored in said memory means.
59. A photometry apparatus of a camera, comprising: imaging means for
repeatedly outputting an image signal corresponding to an image of an
object to be photographed;
designating means for designating a portion of the image of the object to
be photographed as a photometry region;
arithmetic operating means for arithmetically operating a luminance value
of the photometry region in accordance with an output signal corresponding
to the designated photometry region of the output signal from said imaging
means;
memory means for repeatedly storing the output signal corresponding to the
designated photometry region of the output signal from said imaging means;
moving amount detecting means for detecting a moving amount of the
photometry region in accordance with the output signal stored in said
memory means and the output signal corresponding to the photometry region
obtained from said imaging means after the output signal is stored in said
memory means; and
correcting means for correcting a position of the photometry region in
accordance with the moving amount detected by said moving amount detecting
means.
60. A focus detecting apparatus of a camera, comprising:
imaging means for repeatedly outputting an image signal corresponding to an
image of an object to be photographed;
designating means for designating a portion of the image of the object to
be photographed as a photometry region;
memory means for repeatedly storing the output signal corresponding to the
designated photometry region of the output signal from said imaging means;
moving amount detecting means for detecting a moving amount of the
photometry region in accordance with the output signal stored in said
memory means and the output signal corresponding to the photometry region
obtained from said imaging means after the output signal is stored in said
memory means; and
correcting means for correcting a position of the photometry region in
accordance with the moving amount detected by said moving amount detecting
means; and
in-focus state detecting means for detecting an in-focus state in
accordance with one of the output signal stored in said memory means and
the output signal corresponding to the photometry region obtained from
said imaging means after the output signal is stored in said memory means.
61. A tracking apparatus for an object to be photographed in a picture,
comprising:
imaging means for repeatedly outputting an image signal corresponding to an
image of an object to be photographed;
designating means for designating a portion of the image of the object to
be photographed as a tracking region;
moving amount detecting means for detecting a moving amount of the tracking
region for every predetermined time in accordance with the output from
said imaging means;
correcting means for correcting a position of the tracking region in
accordance with the moving amount detecting by said moving amount
detecting means;
detecting means for detecting timings when said moving amount detecting
means cannot perform detection; and
means for obtaining a position of the tracking region immediately after
detection by said moving amount detection means is enabled again in
accordance with a moving amount of the tracking region, a position of the
tracking region and the predetermined tim immediately before the timings
detected by said detecting means.
62. An apparatus according to claim 61, further comprising:
display means for displaying the designated tracking region of the image of
the object to be photographed;
said correcting means obtaining a position of the tracking region
immediately after the detection of the timings by the detecting means in
accordance with the detected moving amount of the tracking region detected
by the moving amount detection means in the predetermined time immediately
before the timings detected by the detection means, thereby correcting a
display position of said display means.
63. A tracking apparatus for an object to be photographed in a picture
comprising:
imaging means constituted by a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged
photoelectric conversion elements;
designating means for designating a portion of said imaging means as a
tracking region; and
moving amount detecting means for adding the outputs from said
photoelectric conversion elements corresponding to the tracking region in
a predetermined direction to obtain a sum signal, and detecting a moving
amount of the tracking region in accordance with a change in sum signal,
said tracking apparatus moving the tracking region on the basis of the
moving amount detected by said moving amount detecting means,
wherein said moving amount detecting means includes setting means for
setting an addition pitch of the outputs from said photoelectric
conversion elements in accordance with a size of the tracking region
designated by said designating means. |
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