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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kei Itoh, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01); H04N 5/345 (2011.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/351 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/3456 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/351 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging device includes an imaging lens, an image sensor to output an image signal in accordance with an image of a subject captured via the imaging lens, a lens driver to move the imaging lens, an autofocus detector to determine a focal point according to image data obtained from the image signal, a point source detector to determine whether or not a subject is a point source subject on the basis of a brightness component included in the image data, and a driving mode setter to change a driving condition of the image sensor when the subject is determined to be a point source subject.