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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
May. 17, 2001
Noriyuki Okisu, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Taguchi, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Morimoto, Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Noriyuki Okisu, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Taguchi, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Morimoto, Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image taking apparatus includes an image sensor which takes a plurality of images different in focal distance, a processor which creates a pan-focus image focused on each of different photographic objects from the plurality of images taken by the image sensor, a discriminator which discriminates whether or not it is appropriate to create the pan-focus image, and a controller which forbids the processor to create the pan-focus image when the discriminator discriminates that it is not appropriate to create the pan-focus image.