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IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

  • US 20070286590A1
  • Filed: 06/08/2007
  • Published: 12/13/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An imaging apparatus comprising:

  • a face detecting part configured to detect a face area from an input image inputted from the 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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