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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Kikuchi, Hachioji, JP;
Satoru Ito, Fuchu, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus, comprising a focus controller that generates an evaluation value by extracting given signal components from an image signal, and carries out focus adjustment by calculating position of the focus lens where the evaluation value becomes a peak, a display that displays an image based on image data generated from the image signal, and a controller that, as initial image display after commencement of the continuous focus adjustment operation, executes display using the display based on image data corresponding to an image signal in which the evaluation value becomes a peak, from among image data that has been acquired during the focus adjustment operation.