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Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2020
Applicant:

Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Koji Mori, Saitama, JP;

Shinichiro Fujiki, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 7/10 (2021.01); G02B 7/36 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232123 (2018.08); G02B 7/10 (2013.01); G02B 7/36 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01);
Abstract

A CPU executes a zoom tracking control program to function as an acquisition unit that acquires a focal length of an imaging lens from a state of a zoom lens; and a control unit that performs first control of performing control to change a position of a focus lens along an optical axis direction according to the acquired focal length on the basis of a zoom tracking curve represented by tracking data representing a correspondence relationship between the focal length and a focus position according to a subject distance, and second control of acquiring contrast information representing contrast of a captured image a plurality of times during execution of the first control and performing control to change the zoom tracking curve used in the first control on the basis of a change of contrast values represented by a plurality of pieces of the acquired contrast information.


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