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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Toyo, JP;
Takeshi Kindaichi, Hachioji, JP;
Osamu Nonaka, Sagamihara, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photographing apparatus including: an image pickup device to obtain a picked-up image, the image pickup device being provided with divided pixels for receiving light on respective optical paths from the object divided in left and right directions; a recording medium recording the picked-up image; a display displaying the picked-up image; and a processor comprising a focus judging section judging a state of focus of using a phase difference on an image pickup surface between image signals based on optical images respectively entering the divided pixels, the focus judging section judges whether or not the phase difference of each area of the picked-up image to be recorded immediately before photographing is equal to or has not increased in comparison with the phase difference of the recorded picked-up image in the same area, to determine a candidate area for an enlarged display.