Patent ID: 7209652
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A lighting control apparatus of a photographing apparatus, comprising: a plurality of lighting devices that each have a plurality of light sources that illuminate a photographic subject, the plurality of light sources of the plurality of lighting devices being arranged in a configuration of rows and columns such that light sources of one of said plurality of lighting devices are alternated with light sources of at least another one of said plurality of lighting devices in at least one of the rows and columns; a continuous imaging control processor that performs a continuous imaging operation in which a plurality of images of said photographic subject are continuously imaged, and a pulse-signal generating and controlling processor that alternately supplies a pulse signal with a cycle to each of said plurality of lighting devices for every exposure time such that light sources of one of said plurality of lighting devices emit light alternately with respect to light sources of at least another one of said plurality of lighting devices for every said exposure time.