Photography – With exposure objective focusing means – focusing aid – or... – Plural focusing or rangefinding areas
Reexamination Certificate
2008-09-15
2010-11-30
Perkey, W. B. (Department: 2862)
Photography
With exposure objective focusing means, focusing aid, or...
Plural focusing or rangefinding areas
Reexamination Certificate
active
07844173
ABSTRACT:
An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensing device that receives object light and generates an image signal relating to the object image, a phase difference detection unit that receives the object light using a ranging sensor and generates a phase difference detection signal, a first focusing unit for performing a first focusing operation on the basis of the phase difference detection signal, and a display controlling unit for displaying a preview image on the basis of a plurality of image signals sequentially generated by the image sensing device before an image is actually recorded. The display controlling unit combines a first area for which the phase difference detection is performed using the ranging sensor and the preview image so as to display the combined image.
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Hancock Dennis
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Perkey W. B.
Sony Corporation
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