PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15913116
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["348", "187000"]

Abstract:
An image pickup apparatus which is capable of properly adjusting flash output of a flash unit when taking a photograph. Brightness information is obtained as a result of test flash firing by the flash unit for illuminating a subject. An amount of light to be emitted for shooting by the flash unit is determined based on the brightness information. The test flash firing is controlled by selecting normal flash firing in which the flash unit fires only for a part of a time period during which electric charge is accumulated so as to perform photometry, and intermittent flash firing in which the flash unit fires throughout the time period during which the electric charge is accumulated. When flash firing with a predetermined intensity or higher is not required for the test flash firing, the intermittent flash firing is selected.

Claim (Index 9):
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for an image pickup apparatus that uses brightness information, which is obtained as a result of preliminary light emission by a light source for illuminating a subject, to determine an amount of light to be emitted for shooting by the light source, the control method for the image pickup apparatus comprising:\n a photometry step of performing photometry; and a control step of controlling the preliminary light emission by selecting first light emission in which light is emitted only for a part of a time period during which electric charge is accumulated so as to perform the photometry, and a second light emission in which light is emitted throughout the time period during which the electric charge is accumulated, wherein in the control step, the second light emission is selected when light emission with a predetermined intensity or higher is not required for the preliminary light emission.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08571
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13439712', '11987789', '11535169', '12721683', '10790189']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.614533334964937
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4740236574476089
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6004823672132041
- Mean Citation Score: 178.79660800000005
- Max Citation Score: 190.24431
- Similarity Product: 146.35814235831143

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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