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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
May. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Naoto Hosoya, Kanagawa, JP;
Keikaku Fukuoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Naoto Hosoya, Kanagawa, JP;
Keikaku Fukuoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided an imaging apparatus which includes image acquiring means for acquiring an image of an object; storing means for temporarily storing an image acquired by the image acquiring means; and control means for detecting a portion having changed upon comparison of a first image and a second image which are stored in the storing means, each image acquired by the image acquiring means at a different time, and to focus on the portion having changed.