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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuhiro Doi, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Aoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunari Konishi, Tokyo, JP;
Shun Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 7/095 (2021.01); G03B 17/14 (2021.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 9/02 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 7/095 (2013.01); G03B 9/02 (2013.01); G03B 17/14 (2013.01); H04N 5/23209 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an imaging apparatus including a mode setting unit that sets a diaphragm driving mode out of a plurality of diaphragm driving modes including a first diaphragm driving mode and a second diaphragm driving mode in which diaphragm driving is more limited than in the first diaphragm driving mode, and a diaphragm control unit that controls diaphragm driving in accordance with brightness of an imaging target in a case where the mode setting unit sets the second diaphragm driving mode.