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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Tsuyoshi Endoh, Akiruno, JP;
Yasuaki Ogawa, Tachikawa, JP;
Keiichi Tanioka, Ome, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Casio Computer Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imaging apparatus is equipped with a voltage control section, which individually controls the focus distance of a lens managed on the basis of each of a plurality of pieces of management information in accordance with a predetermined control condition corresponding to each of the pieces of management information and switches the focus distance of the lens at the time of imaging at a predetermined switching period in accordance with the focus distance indicated by each piece of management information while switching the plurality of pieces of management information at the predetermined switching period.