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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2022
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Kokubun, Saitama, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a processor, and an image sensor, in which a focus lens is moved while avoiding a period of main exposure by the image sensor in accordance with an instruction of the processor and the main exposure is continuously performed to perform continuous imaging at a predetermined time interval, and a processor calculates a first focus position of the focus lens with respect to a specific subject in a specific frame in which the main exposure is performed in a continuous imaging period, predicts a second focus position of the focus lens with respect to the specific subject in a frame ahead of the specific frame by a plurality of frames with reference to the first focus position in the continuous imaging period, and moves the focus lens toward the second focus position.