Photographing apparatus and focusing control method

Details Photographing apparatus and focusing control method Photographing apparatus and focusing control method

2008-01-23

2010-06-29

Koval, Melissa J (Department: 2862)

Photography

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

Processing circuit

C396S263000, C348S345000, C348S348000, C348S349000, C382S118000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07747158

ABSTRACT:
A photographing apparatus comprises: a photographing device which takes an image of a subject; a focusing control device which controls the focusing status of the photographing device in response to an input of a focusing instruction; a focusing judgment device which, upon an input of the photographing instruction after the input of the focusing instruction, judges whether or not a focus position at the time of the input of the focusing instruction is optimum; and a photographing control device which controls to execute photographing using the focus position as it is if the focus position at the time of the input of the focusing instruction is judged to be optimum, and controls to execute photographing after performing focusing control again if the focus position is judged to be not optimum.

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Machine English translation of JP 2007-208922 , 18 pages, Aug. 16, 2007.

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