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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Ayako Iwase, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryo Takaoka, Tokyo, JP;
Fumikazu Hatanaka, Nara, JP;
Chiho Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuki Furue, Tokyo, JP;
Ayako Iwase, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryo Takaoka, Tokyo, JP;
Fumikazu Hatanaka, Nara, JP;
Chiho Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuki Furue, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A imaging control device includes a scene recognition section which recognizes scenes showing a subject by analyzing obtained image data, a display section which displays the obtained image data, an imaging mode selection section which prepares a plurality of imaging modes where a parameter which adjusts image characteristics according to each scene is set in advance and which automatically selects an imaging mode corresponding to the recognized scene from a plurality of imaging modes, a first operation section which generates a first operation signal which locks the imaging mode at a current imaging mode during the operation of automatically selecting the imaging mode, and a second operation section which generates a second operation signal which adjusts a portion of the parameter in a state where the imaging mode is locked, where an adjustment range using the second operation section is within a range limited by the locked imaging mode.