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IMAGING APPARATUS, FUNCTION CONTROL METHOD, AND FUNCTION CONTROL PROGRAM

  • US 20090185047A1
  • Filed: 12/08/2008
  • Published: 07/23/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An imaging apparatus comprising:

  • receiving means for receiving selection input for an imaging mode;

    discriminating means for discriminating, when the selection input is received through the receiving means, a selected imaging mode on the basis of the received selection input; and

    scanning controlling means for causing, when it is discriminated by the discriminating means that a simple imaging mode for limiting operation input and allowing a user to appropriately take an image of a subject is selected, the imaging apparatus to execute scanning processing for specifying a position of the subject, which is performed to set focus on the subject, in a maximum range from a near scene to a distant scene.

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