Patent ID: 6215961
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera comprising:a luminance detection sensor which has a first spectral sensitivity, and receives light from a first region of a photographing view, and generates a first luminance information based on the received light from said first region;a distance detection sensor which has a second spectral sensitivity, and receives light from a second region of the photographing view smaller than said first region, said distance detection sensor generates a distance information concerning a distance to an object based on the received light from said second region, and generates second luminance information based on the received light from said second region; anda calculator which calculates a control luminance value for exposure control based on the first luminance information and second luminance information outputted from said distance detection sensor when the first luminance information is above a predetermined threshold value, and calculates a control luminance value based on the first luminance information when the first luminance information is below the predetermined threshold value.