Imaging apparatus, control method of imaging apparatus, and...

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2007-06-08

2010-12-28

Perkey, W. B. (Department: 2862)

Photography

With exposure objective focusing means, focusing aid, or...

Reliability of focus/distance signal

C348S349000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07860386

ABSTRACT:
An imaging apparatus includes: a face detecting part configured to detect a face area from the input image inputted from an imaging apparatus; a subject distance computing part configured to compute a subject distance based on the size of a face detected in the face detecting part; a lens operating range computing part configured to estimate a focus position based on information about the subject distance computed in the subject distance computing part, and to set a focus lens operating range shorter than an entire operating range of a focus lens; and a focus control part configured to move the focus lens within the lens operating range set in the lens operating range computing part, and to decide a position at which the focus lens is set.

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