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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yu Kimishima, Tokyo, JP;
Yohei Takada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/67 (2023.01); G03B 17/12 (2021.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/67 (2023.01); G03B 17/12 (2013.01); H04N 23/633 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01);
Abstract
An imaging device includes an autofocus control unit that performs autofocus control in response to detection of a first operation using a first operator, and a tracking processing unit that performs tracking processing for a subject to be focused in response to detection of a second operation using a second operator different from the first operator in a state where autofocus control is performed in response to the first operation.