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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2011
Tadashi Naruse, Yokohama, JP;
Tadashi Naruse, Yokohama, JP;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus that determines in-focus conditions according to a user's taste by using auto-focus (AF). The imaging apparatus including an AF unit, that allows the user to input an in-focus operation start command, and that allows the user to input a main photographing start command. The imaging apparatus includes a photographing environment storing unit that stores photographing stop and start data, an assumed in-focus condition group generating unit that generates an assumed in-focus condition group based on at least the photographing stop data, an assumption confirming unit that confirms the assumed in-focus condition group, and an in-focus condition group changing unit that, if an in-focus success rate for the assumed in-focus condition group is higher than for the default in-focus condition group, changes the default in-focus condition group to the assumed in-focus condition group.