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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Kei Itoh, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuya Niyagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Kei Itoh, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuya Niyagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); G02B 7/28 (2006.01); H04N 5/14 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); G02B 7/28 (2013.01); H04N 5/144 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging device is configured to include an imaging lens, an imaging unit which acquires image data based on an optical image of a subject received via the imaging lens, a motion detector which detects a motion of the subject based on image data sequentially obtained from the imaging unit, a focus detector which calculates focus position data based on the image data obtained from the imaging lens when the motion detector detects a motion of the subject, and an in-focus position estimating unit which estimates an in-focus position based on the calculated focus position data.