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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Sumihiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/09 (2021.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 7/36 (2021.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/36 (2013.01); G02B 7/09 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/232123 (2018.08); H04N 5/3532 (2013.01); H04N 5/3575 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: a focus lens driving section; an imaging section; and a focus detecting section. The focus lens driving section moves a position of a focus lens from one of an image side and an object side to the other over a predetermined driving period. The imaging section generates image data by starting exposure for a plurality of lines simultaneously and then by ending the exposure for the plurality of lines simultaneously within the predetermined driving period. The focus detecting section detects an in-focus position of the focus lens on a basis of contrast of the image data.