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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2021
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akira Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); G02B 7/36 (2021.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/675 (2023.01); G02B 7/365 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/635 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/672 (2023.01);
Abstract
Provided is an imaging apparatus and an imaging method that sets a type of a subject as a focusing target in each imaging. The imaging apparatus includes an image sensor that acquires an image, and an operation unit that selects a type of the subject as the focusing target in each imaging of the image acquired by the image sensor. In the case where the type of the subject as the focusing target is selected by the operation unit, a microcomputer detects an area of the subject of that type from the image and sets the detected area as an in-focus area of the image.