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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2023
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Kokubun, Saitama, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging element that images a subject through an imaging optical system; and a processor, and the processor is configured to: detect a subject area as a second area from pixel data obtained by the imaging element at a second time point; and output, to a lens drive mechanism of the imaging optical system, a control signal generated by selectively using a first focus position based on data of the second area in the pixel data obtained at the second time point and a second focus position based on data of the second area in pixel data obtained by the imaging element at a third time point after the second time point.