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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Kenji Arakawa, Kyoto, JP;
Motonori Ogura, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 5/907 (2006.01); H04N 9/804 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/2226 (2013.01); H04N 5/238 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2352 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/772 (2013.01); H04N 5/907 (2013.01); H04N 9/8042 (2013.01);
Abstract
The imaging apparatus of the present disclosure comprises the following structural elements: an optical system including at least one lens; an imaging element configured to form an object image with light collected by the optical system, and produce first image data; and an image processing section configured to calculate a distance to an object for the image, and produce second image data by providing the first image data with image processing. The image processing section sets a depth of field based on the calculated distance to the object, and carries out the image processing by applying the depth of field.