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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2021
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Mayuko Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Sumino Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Fumikazu Hatanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Eri Yoshihara, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoko Terajima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/667 (2023.01); G03B 17/02 (2021.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/667 (2023.01); G03B 17/02 (2013.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/631 (2023.01); H04N 23/633 (2023.01); H04N 23/635 (2023.01); H04N 23/675 (2023.01); H04N 23/6811 (2023.01);
Abstract
An imaging device includes a control unit that performs first switching processing of switching between a first setting used for imaging in a moving state and a second setting used for imaging in a non-moving state, and second switching processing of alternately switching between a first predetermined F-number for increasing a depth of field and a second predetermined F-number for decreasing the depth of field with respect to an F-number.