Claims
- 1. A photometric apparatus for use in a camera having a photoelectric conversion device and a storage type image sensor, comprising:
- first determining means for receiving a photoelectric conversion signal from said photoelectric conversion device and determining photoelectric conversion brightness information in response to said photoelectric conversion signal;
- second determining means for receiving said photoelectric conversion signal from said photoelectric convesion device a plurality of times and determining averaged photoelectric conversion brightness information in accordance with the averaged value of said photoelectric conversion signal received a plurality of times;
- third determining means for receiving an image sensor signal from said image sensor in response to the completion of a storage operation by said iamge sensor and determining image sensor brightness information in response to said image sensor signal; and
- correction means for correcting said image sensor brightness information in accordance with said photoelectric conversion brightness information and said averaged photoelectric conversion brightness information so as to make said image sensor brightness information correspond to the average value of image sensor brightness information obtained by said image sensor performing a storage operation said plurality of times.
- 2. A photometric apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said correction means performs correction in such a manner that the difference between said averaged photoelectric conversion brightness information determined by said second determining means and said brightness information determined by said first determining means at substantially the same time at which one storage operation of said image sensor is ended, is added to said iamge sensor brightness information determined by said third determining means in the case where the time in which the storage in said image sensor is shorter than a cycle of operation of said first determining means.
- 3. A photometric apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said correction means performs correction in such a manner that the difference between said averaged photoelectric conversion brightness information determined by said second determining means and the averge value of said photoelectric brightness information which has been determined by said first determining means during one storage operation by said image sensor is added to said image sensor brightness information determined by said third determining means in the case where the time in which the storage in said image sensor is longer than a cycle of operation of said first determining means.
- 4. A photometric apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image sensor consists of two groups of image sensor arrays which are positioned on the same straight line.
- 5. A photometric apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image sensor consists of two groups of image sensor arrays which are positioned perpendicularly to each other.
- 6. A photometric apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a re-imaging lens arranged in such a manner that light transmitted by said re-imaging lens is made incident upon said image sensor and light reflected by said re-imaging lens is made incident upon said photoelectric conversion device.
- 7. A photometric apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a infrared-ray cut filter arranged in such a manner that light transmitted by said infrared-ray cut filter is made incident upon said image sensor and light reflected by said infrared-ray cut filter is made incident upon said photoelectric conversion device.
- 8. A photometric apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a half mirror arranged in such a manner that light transmitted by said half mirror is made incident upon said photoelectric conversion device and light reflected by said half mirror is made incident upon said image sensor.
- 9. A photometric apparatus for use in a camera having a photoelectric conversion device and a storage type image sensor, comprising:
- first determining means for receiving a photoelectric conversion signal from said photoelectric conversion device and determining photoelectric conversion brightness information in response to said photoelectric conversion signal;
- second determining means for receiving said photoelectric conversion signal from said photoelectric convesion device a plurality of times and determining averaged photoelectric conversion brightness information in accordance with the averaged value of said photoelectric conversion signal received a plurality of times;
- third determining means for receiving an image sensor signal from said image sensor in response to the completion of a storage operation by said iamge sensor and determining image sensor brightness information in response to said image sensor signal; and
- correction means for correcting said image sensor brightness information in accordance with said photoelectric conversion brightness information and said averaged photoelectric conversion brightness information.
- 10. A photometric apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said correction means performs correction in such a manner that the difference, between said averaged photoelectric conversion brightness information determined by said second determining means and said brightness information determined by said first determining means at substantially the same time at which one storage operation of said image sensor is ended, is added to said image sensor brightness information determined by said third determining means in the case where the time in which the storage in said image sensor is shorter than a cycle of operation of said first determining means.
- 11. A photometric apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said correction means performs correction in such a manner that the difference between said averaged photoelectric conversion brightness information determined by said second determining means and the averge value of said photoelectric brightness information which has been determined by said first determining means during one storage operation by said image sensor is added to said image sensor brightness information determined by said third determining means in the case where the time in which the storage in said image sensor is longer than a cycle of operation of said first determining means.
- 12. A photometric apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said image sensor is 2-D CCD image sensor.
- 13. An apparatus having a photoelectric conversion device and a storage type image sensor comprising:
- first determining means for receiving a photoelectric conversion signal from said photoelectric conversion device and determining photoelectric conversion brightness information in response to said photoelectric conversion signal;
- second determining means for receiving said photoelectric conversion signal from said photoelectric convesion device a plurality of times and determining averaged photoelectric conversion brightness information in accordance with the averaged value of said photoelectric conversion signal received a plurality of times;
- third determining means for receiving an image sensor signal from said image sensor in response to the completion of a storage operation by said iamge sensor and determining image sensor brightness information in response to said image sensor signal; and
- correction means for correcting said image sensor brightness information in accordance with said photoelectric conversion brightness information and said averaged photoelectric conversion brightness information so as to make said image sensor brightness information correspond to the average value of image sensor brightness information obtained by performing said storage operation in said image sensor said plurality of times.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 551,209 filed Jul. 11, 1990 (now abandoned).
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