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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2020
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/635 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01);
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: a detection unit that detects a pupil in a captured image; an autofocus control unit that executes a pupil autofocus control to perform autofocus on the pupil detected by the detection unit according to a predetermined operation in a still image capturing mode, and executes a pupil autofocus control when the pupil is detected by the detection unit in a moving image capturing mode; and a display control unit that performs a control to display a pupil frame indicating the pupil that is in focus on the captured monitor image when focusing is achieved by the pupil autofocus control.