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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masaki Naito, Tokyo, JP;
Tsukasa Kirisawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); G03B 9/64 (2006.01); G03B 17/40 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G03B 9/64 (2013.01); G03B 17/40 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an imaging device including an imaging control unit that executes imaging control in first and second self-timer modes in which an automatic focusing process and an imaging process are executed in order after reception of an imaging start instruction. A first period from the reception of the imaging start instruction to execution of the automatic focusing process in the first self-timer mode is shorter than a second period from the reception of the imaging start instruction to execution of the automatic focusing process in the second self-timer mode.