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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Motonori Ogura, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image-capturing apparatus is configured to capture an image of an object, an object. The image-capturing apparatus includes a focus lens, an image sensor configured to capture an object image of the object to produce image data, and a controller. The controller is operable to detect a speed at which the image-capturing apparatus is panned, and determine, in response to the detected speed, a control amount corresponding to a moving speed at which the controller moves the focus lens until causing the focus lens to focusing on a target object.