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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Yoshito Terashima, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Ishiwata, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshito Terashima, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Ishiwata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 7/10 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/102 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an imaging apparatus, an imager generates an imaged picture by converting incident light from a subject that is incident via a focus lens. A setting unit sets, as a movement range for the focus lens, a range of focus lens positions corresponding to imaging magnifications where the rate of change in the imaging magnification lies within a fixed range from a basis, the basis being an imaging magnification corresponding to the position of the focus lens. A focus controller configured to conduct focus control with respect to the subject by moving the focus lens in the set movement range.