Abstract: An image processing method and device, an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes that: face recognition is performed on an image to be processed; responsive to detecting that the image to be processed includes a portrait, a shooting distance of the portrait is acquired; responsive to determining that the shooting distance meets a preset distance condition, a parameter relationship matched with the met distance condition is acquired; a beauty parameter corresponding to the shooting distance is selected according to the parameter relationship; and beauty processing is performed on the portrait according to the beauty parameter.

Abstract: A control device includes an image acquisition section that acquires an image of an object captured by an imaging optical system of an endoscope apparatus, a determination section that determines whether or not an observation area is in focus based on a pixel value of each pixel within the image of the object, the observation area being an observation target area within the image of the object, and an aperture control section that controls an aperture of the imaging optical system based on a result of the determination.

Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for using a flash light with, e.g., light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or other light sources of a camera of an electronic device for improving quality of images provided by the camera. The flash related parameters comprising a white balance setting and/or exposure settings can be determined using, e.g., an ambient light level and an estimate of the flash light reflected from said object.

Abstract: An image taking device (1), which takes an image of an object by focusing reflected light from the object on an image sensor (212), is provided with a distance measuring sensor (27) for measuring a distance between the object and the image taking device (1), and means for controlling exposure time of the image sensor (212) upon taking an image in accordance with a measurement result.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device such as mobile terminal devices with a photographing function, and in the case where a photographing target is a person, enhances its function for protecting the photographing target from being photographed without consent by such as spy shots.

Abstract: A human face is detected from an image. On the basis of a size of the detected face and a focal length of a taking lens, a subject distance is calculated. Further, a depth of field is calculated on the basis of the calculated subject distance, the focal length of the taking lens and a stop diameter. The calculated depth of field is analyzed. When it is judged that the depth of field is deep, shooting is performed as it is. When it is judged that the depth of field is shallow, the stop diameter is reduced to deepen the depth of field. In addition, sensitivity of a CCD image sensor is heightened to correct brightness of the image.

Abstract: An image sensing device allows to shoot an image using correct object distance information and light emitting amount when the main light emitting amount upon shooting an object image is calculated by making the pre-light emission after the auto-focusing process. When a predetermined button independent of a release button is operated, a focusing process is executed first. Then, photometry is made while inactivating a strobe, and an exposure value is determined based on an object distance. Then, pre-light emission is made, light reflected by the object in the pre-light emission is measured, and the photometry result under the available light is subtracted from that in the pre-light emission, so as to obtain a brightness value of object reflected light of only the pre-light emission.

Abstract: A digital still camera has a function to perform first and second exposures in a single imaging sequence. In the first exposure, imaging conditions are determined to obtain proper exposure amount of the background with available light. Then, the second exposure is carried out with the flashlight to illuminate the main subject. The photographic sensitivity, the shutter speed, and the aperture value for the second exposure are determined such that the exposure value in the second exposure is under-exposure by two steps or more, compared to that in the first exposure. Images obtained by first and second exposures are synthesized to obtain a composite image.

Abstract: In a digital camera, when flash shooting is performed, a maximum distance at which a subject can be illuminated to appropriate brightness is calculated based on the guide number of a flash and the open aperture value of an aperture stop, and the distance to the subject measured is compared with the maximum distance. If the distance to the subject is equal to or shorter than the maximum distance, the exposure time is set at a predetermined value, and the amount of the flash light emitted is controlled based on the amount of the light reflected from the subject, and white balance of the taken image is adjusted in accordance with the color characteristics of the flash light. If the distance to the subject is greater than the maximum distance, the exposure time is set to be longer than the predetermined value in order to use a larger amount of ambient light to illuminate the subject, and white balance of the taken image is adjusted in accordance with the color characteristics of the ambient light.

Abstract: A camera has a lens focus setting procedure for use when a scene being photographed has low brightness. If the scene brightness indicates that a strobe is required, aperture may optionally be decreased, and the lens focus setting is such that the focal distance is within the range of the strobe.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus automatically determines the photographing mode and displays on a display a kind of the photographing mode with the image of the subject. The image forming apparatus comprises an image pickup part for forming an image of the subject, a photographing mode automatically setting part for automatically selecting one photographing mode from among a plurality of photographing modes based on a photographing condition when the subject is photographed, and setting the selected photographing mode, a display part for displaying the image of the subject; and a display control part for displaying on the display part a kind of the photographing mode set by the photographing mode automatically setting part together with the image of the subject.

Abstract: The optical glass of the present invention comprises a composition in terms of weight ratio within the range of 0 to 14.8 wt % of SiO2, 30 to 60 wt % of B2O3, 0 to 17.5 wt % of Al2O3, 0 to 0.4 wt % of Li2O, 0 to 3 wt % of Na2O, 0 to 3 wt % of K2O, 0 to 5 wt % of MgO, 0 to 30 wt % of CaO, 0 to 30 wt % of SrO, 0 to 35 wt % of BaO, where RO (MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO) is 8 to 35 wt %, 0 to 20 wt % of ZnO, 0 to 6.5 wt % of La2O3, 0 to 15 wt % of Gd2O3, 0 to 15 wt % of Y2O3, 0 to 10 wt % of Ta2O3, 0 to 9.5 wt % of ZrO2, 0 to 1 wt % of As2O3, and 0 to 0.5 wt % of Sb2O3; and has a refractive index (nd) of 1.52 to 1.65, an Abbe number (vd) of 55 to 61, and an 80% transmission wavelength (at a thickness of 10 mm including no reflection loss) of 330 nm or shorter.

Abstract: An exposure control device for use in a camera includes a photosensor having at least two different types of spectral characteristics, a lightness calculating circuit that calculates lightness of each zone of the photosensor from the output of the zone of the photosensor, wherein the photosensor is partitioned into a plurality of zones, a saturation calculating circuit that calculates saturation of each zone of the photosensor from the output of the zone of the photosensor, a cloudy sky determining circuit that determines whether an area of the object field is a cloudy sky area, based on the lightness and saturation of each zone of the photosensor, and an exposure control circuit that performs exposure control based on the determination result of the cloudy sky determining circuit.

Abstract: To record images by a film recording system and an electronic recording system with one light-emission of a flashing device, the flashing device is controlled according to set values of photo film recording conditions since the sensitivity of a silver halide film is different from that of an imaging device. Information about exposure control of the electronic recording system is transmitted from a CPU that is equivalent to a controlling device of the film recording system to a CPU of the electronic recording system, and the electronic recording system sets a CCD aperture, a CCD gain and so on according to the information.

Abstract: A lens drive device that is located inside a camera main body and can drive lenses that are interchangeably mounted to the camera main body, said lens drive device having a coupler that transmits the drive force to the lenses, a drive motor that rotates and drives the coupler, a clutch mechanism that connects and disconnects the coupler and the drive motor, and an encoder that detects the amount of rotation of the coupler while the coupler and the drive motor are disconnected by means of the clutch mechanism.

Abstract: An exposure control device for use in a camera includes a photosensor having at least two different types of spectral characteristics, a lightness calculating circuit that calculates lightness of each zone of the photosensor from the output of the zone of the photosensor, wherein the photosensor is partitioned into a plurality of zones, a saturation calculating circuit that calculates saturation of each zone of the photosensor from the output of the zone of the photosensor, a cloudy sky determining circuit that determines whether an area of the object field is a cloudy sky area, based on the lightness and saturation of each zone of the photosensor, and an exposure control circuit that performs exposure control based on the determination result of the cloudy sky determining circuit.

Abstract: A photographic camera changeable between a normal photographic mode in which an almost entire area of an exposure frame of a photographic film is exposed with an intention of making a print from the exposure frame with a normal printing magnification and a pseudo magnified photographic mode in which a specific partial area of an exposure frame of a photographic film is exposed with an intention of making a print from the exposure frame with a larger printing magnification than the normal printing magnification and able to record trimming-data of an exposure frame exposed in the pseudo magnified photographic mode on the photographic film and is intended to be used in printing process comprises a distance measuring device having a measurement range greater than a focusing range of the taking lens, a lens setting mechanism for setting the taking lens in fixed positions including positions for the closest focussing distance and for infinity in accordance with camera-to-subject distance measured by the distance me

Abstract: A camera using an image blur prevention device including exposure time calculating apparatus which calculates a first exposure time from at least photometry data, sensitivity data of a recording medium and brightness of a photographic lens, a strobe lighting designating apparatus to forcibly light a strobe when the first exposure time calculated by the exposure time calculating apparatus is longer than a predetermined value, shutter closing time setting apparatus which forcibly fixes the first exposure time calculated by the exposure time calculating apparatus at a predetermined exposure closing time Tb or Td regardless of a calculated result of the exposure time calculating means when the first exposure time is longer than the second exposure time and changing apparatus which changes a combination of the first exposure time and the second exposure time dependently on whether or not the image blur prevention device is to be used for photographing, whereby the camera is capable of taking a photograph on which

Abstract: An image pick-up apparatus includes: an image pick-up device for picking up an object image by converting the object image to an electric image signal; an image pick-up optical system having a variable aperture capable of changing an aperture value when an incident light beam on the image pick-up device is stopped down; a range-finder for measuring a distance to an object; an electronic flash mechanism for illuminating the object; and controller for determining an aperture value from the distance to the object measured by the range-finder and from a light emission capability of the electronic flash mechanism, and then for setting the variable aperture to the determined aperture value, when the controller makes the electronic flash mechanism to emit light so that the image pick-up device picks up the object image.

Abstract: A flash control device for a camera includes a light emission unit which emits light to illuminate a subject to be imaged by the camera, a preliminary light emission control unit which causes the light emission unit to emit light during a preliminary light emission operation prior to a main exposure operation to be performed by the camera and until a predetermined amount of light is received by the camera during the preliminary light emission operation, a range computing unit which computes a distance from the camera to the subject, an exposure calculation unit which computes an aperture value for the camera during the preliminary light emission operation, a main light emission calculation unit which calculates a length of time that the light emission unit is to emit light during a main light emission operation based on the preliminary light emission operation, the computed distance to the subject, and the aperture value, and a main light emission control unit which controls the emission of light by the light

Abstract: A level conversion circuit as a semiconductor integrated circuit has a first load resistance (R1), a second load resistance (R2), a first NMOS transistor (MN3) and a second NMOS transistor (MN4) connected to them (R1 and R2) in parallel, respectively, that are driven directly by positive CMOS level signals, a first bipolar transistor (Q1), and a second bipolar transistor (Q2). Both emitters of the first and second bipolar transistors (Q1 and Q2) are connected commonly, and a voltage potential that is lower than a voltage potential of a collector of the first bipolar transistor (Q1) by a predetermined voltage potential is supplied into a base of the second bipolar transistor (Q2).

Abstract: A camera having a photographic mode automatic selecting apparatus. A photographic mode selecting device selects a photographic mode from a plurality of photographic modes. A photographic distance detecting device detects photographic distance data of a photographic lens. The photographic mode selecting device selects an appropriate photographic mode from the plurality of photographic modes based on the photographic distance data of the photographic lens.

Abstract: A camera having a focusing lens measures one of a distance to an object to be photographed and a defocus amount of an image of the object. The camera drives the focusing lens in accordance with the measured distance or defocus amount. The camera determines an exposure value of the object to be photographed, and judges whether the measured distance or defocus amount satisfies a predetermined condition. If the predetermined condition is not satisfied, then the determined exposure value is increased. The camera then determines an aperture value and a time value for photographing the object based on the increased exposure value and a predetermined algorithm, and takes a photograph of the object.