Optical apparatus provided with variable mirror
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Aug 24, 2010
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Oct 2, 2003
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Mar 24, 2003
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Abstract
An optical apparatus includes a variable optical-property element, a driving circuit driving the variable optical-property element, and an image sensor. In order to compensate a change of an imaging state caused by at least one factor of temperature, humidity, a manufacturing error, a change of an object distance, and a zoom state, photographing is performed while referring to a look-up table to change driving information provided to the variable optical-property element, and the driving information that the high-frequency component of a photographed image is practically maximized is assumed so that the variable optical-property element is driven by the driving information to perform photographing.
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Patent Owner | Address | |
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OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO LTD | TOKYO |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Goto, Hisashi | Tokyo, JP | 95 | 823 |
# of filed Patents : 95 Total Citations : 823 | |||
Hayakawa, Kazuhito | Hachioji, JP | 23 | 606 |
# of filed Patents : 23 Total Citations : 606 | |||
Nishimura, Kazuya | Hachioji, JP | 174 | 728 |
# of filed Patents : 174 Total Citations : 728 | |||
Nishioka, Kimihiko | Hachioji, JP | 106 | 4738 |
# of filed Patents : 106 Total Citations : 4738 |
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