Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image pickup apparatus that allows for short-distance photographing
- Patent Title (中): 允许短距离拍摄的摄像装置
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Application No.: US13531693Application Date: 2012-06-25
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Publication No.: US08947544B2Publication Date: 2015-02-03
- Inventor: Sumio Kawai
- Applicant: Sumio Kawai
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
- Current Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Volpe and Koenig, P.C.
- Priority: JP2011-151128 20110707
- Main IPC: H04N5/228
- IPC: H04N5/228 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
A photographing apparatus includes: a taking lens including a movable focusing lens; an image pickup portion that converts an optical image obtained via the taking lens into an image signal; a movement determining portion that determines movement of the photographing apparatus in an optical axis direction of the taking lens; and a recording portion that continuously records therein a plurality of images obtained by the image pickup portion with the focusing lens being set to a fixed position so that the taking lens is at a predetermined focused position as the photographing apparatus moves in the optical axis direction of the taking lens.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130010137A1 PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-01-10
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