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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2015
Olympus Corporation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device which includes an imaging element having a phase difference detection pixel, and which performs autofocus using AF areas each including a plurality of sub-areas, the imaging device comprising: a calculation section configured to perform correlation calculation based on a focus detection signal corresponding to each of the plurality of sub-areas and output a degree of reliability; an AF area selection section configured to select an AF area including a large number of sub-areas in each of which the degree of reliability calculated corresponding to the plurality of sub-areas is higher; a moving body prediction calculation section configured to perform moving body prediction calculation using distance measurement data that is calculated by the correlation calculation based on a focus detection signal of the selected AF area; and a focus control section configured to perform focus adjustment based on a result of the moving body prediction calculation.