Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Waterproof camera having a semi-underwater photographing mode
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Application No.: US14613966Application Date: 2015-02-04
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Publication No.: US09277127B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Osamu Nonaka , Kazuya Nakabe
- Applicant: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
- Priority: JP2009-207739 20090909; JP2009-217669 20090918; JP2009-260245 20091113
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; G03B13/00

Abstract:
A waterproof camera includes an image pickup section, a display section that displays image data, a mode setting section that sets a semi-underwater mode in which both objects under water and above water are simultaneously photographed, and a display control section that limits a display range of the display section when the semi-underwater mode is set, wherein the mode setting section controls the position of a photographing lens or the like to adjust a focus balance of at least one of under water and above water, and the display control section displays both object images under water and above water within a limited display range of the display section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150145984A1 WATERPROOF CAMERA HAVING A SEMI-UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHING MODE Public/Granted day:2015-05-28
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