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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
Olympus Corporation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Kindaichi, Hachioji, JP;
Osamu Nonaka, Sagamihara, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photographing apparatus includes: a reference contrast judging section acquiring, for each of parts of a first picked-up image obtained by an image pickup section performing image pickup at a first timing, a reference contrast; a recorded-image contrast judging section determining a contrast of each of parts of a second picked-up image obtained by the image pickup section performing image pickup for recording at a second timing later than the first timing; a focus judging section judging, for each of the parts, a state of focus of the second picked-up image by comparing the reference contrast and the contrast determined by the recorded-image contrast judging section; and a display control section displaying a judgment result together with the second picked-up image on a display section.