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IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC FOCUS FUNCTION

  • US 20100315526A1
  • Filed: 06/10/2010
  • Published: 12/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image capturing device comprising:

  • an image capturing unit configured to capture an image;

    a detection unit configured to detect a shape of an image area of an observed subject to be focused in the image captured by the image capturing unit;

    an area setting unit configured to set one or more contrast evaluation areas according to the shape of the image area detected by the detection unit; and

    a focusing unit configured to cause the image capturing unit to focus based on image data in the contrast evaluation areas set by the area setting unit.

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