Patent ID: 8345140
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus for capturing a chart having color patches of a plurality of colors using a taking lens and obtaining a color-patch signal for creating a color profile, the image capturing apparatus comprising: an identification unit configured to identify a type of chart; an acquisition unit configured to acquire the current focal length of the taking lens; a determination unit configured to determine, based upon the acquired focal length, a preferred object distance from the image capturing apparatus to the chart, wherein the preferred object distance is the distance, corresponding to the identified chart type, at which the chart should be positioned with respect to the image capturing apparatus in order to obtain an image in which the size of the chart within the captured image is suited to create a color profile; a viewfinder display unit configured to display (a) a chart capture frame, which serves as a chart position indicator and is located so as to avoid light falloff at the periphery of the taking lens, and (b) an autofocus position indicator, in a viewfinder field; and a notification unit configured to give a notification of the object distance.