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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2019
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Kikuchi, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsuya Toyoda, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device, comprising an image sensor that receives subject light and generates image data, and a processor comprising a focus control section, an index generating section, and a control section, wherein the focus control section performs focus detection based on the image data, and controls focus drive based on focus detection results, the index generating section is input with the image data, and generates a first index representing which image of a given plurality of types of image the image data is close to, and a second index representing Bokeh state of an image corresponding to the image data, and the control section changes control of focus drive by the focus control section based on output of the index generating section.