Photography – Having camera indicator – Sound
Patent
1996-07-17
1998-11-10
Metjahic, Safet
Photography
Having camera indicator
Sound
396125, G03B 900, G03B 300
Patent
active
058358013
ABSTRACT:
A camera equipped with a data processing device with memory to execute stored data and program instructions for a plurality of metering modes, which analyze light data input from a light metering device. The output of the data processing device is connected to a viewfinder, to an audio output device and to relevant camera settings. The processor executes instructions based on a main metering mode, such as matrix metering, to determine exposure settings of camera, and to display results in the viewfinder. The processor then executes instructions based a second auxiliary--metering mode--which is set to an available mode, such as spot metering, and associates a sequence of sound types to the resulting exposure information. The sequence is then output to the audio output device, thereby enabling a photographer to meter a scene by "listening". Visual feedback from the main mode and audio feedback from the auxiliary mode, enables a quick "feel" of light from more than one mode in a visually non-distractive manner for a given shot, without switching among modes. The invention discloses suitable sound types to present abstract exposure effects such as detail, segment exposures, etc., which are difficult to quantify numerically, without visual clutter.
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Metjahic Safet
Tuccillo Nicholas J.
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