Patent ID: 6396540
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A camera having an interchangeable lens assembly capable of processing an image signal, comprising:image sensing means, provided in a camera body, for converting an image of a subject formed on an image sensing plane to an image signal and outputting the image signal; pointing means, provided in said camera body, for pointing to any position in the image sensing plane; area setting means, provided in said camera body, for setting a prescribed area at said any position pointed to by said pointing means; extracting means, provided in said camera body, for extracting a prescribed signal component from the image signal corresponding to the prescribed area set by said area setting means, and generating an evaluation value relating to an imaged state of the image; and transmitting means, provided in said camera body, for transmitting information relating to a position of the prescribed area set by said area setting means and the evaluation value, to image processing means provided in said lens assembly, for performing a predetermined image processing for controlling a state of the image.