Title:
FOCUS DETECTOR
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2010039200
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To stably focus on a subject being a photographing target, especially, a human face.
An AF processing part 22 determines a focus detection area including a characteristic part of the subject detected from image data by a characteristic part detection section 18, selects and sets a focus detection corresponding area out of a plurality of focus detection areas including the determined characteristic part, and performs focus detection based on the image data of the focus detection corresponding area, and selects a focal position from a plurality of obtained focal positions, thereby setting an appropriate focusing area for a characteristic position regardless of the size of the characteristic part.
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Inventors:
TAKINOIRI SATOSHI
Application Number:
JP2008202095A
Publication Date:
February 18, 2010
Filing Date:
August 05, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP
International Classes:
G02B7/28; G02B7/36; G03B13/36; H04N5/232; H04N101/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiko Suzue
Kurata Masatoshi
Satoshi Kono
Makoto Nakamura
Yoshihiro Fukuhara
Takashi Mine
Toshio Shirane
Sadao Muramatsu
Nobuhisa Nogawa
Kocho Chojiro
Naoki Kono
Katsu Sunagawa
Tetsuya Kazama
Katsumura Hiro
Shoji Kawai
Tatsushi Sato
Takashi Okada
Mihoko Horiuchi
Takenori Masanori
Takuzo Ichihara
Yamashita Gen
Kurata Masatoshi
Satoshi Kono
Makoto Nakamura
Yoshihiro Fukuhara
Takashi Mine
Toshio Shirane
Sadao Muramatsu
Nobuhisa Nogawa
Kocho Chojiro
Naoki Kono
Katsu Sunagawa
Tetsuya Kazama
Katsumura Hiro
Shoji Kawai
Tatsushi Sato
Takashi Okada
Mihoko Horiuchi
Takenori Masanori
Takuzo Ichihara
Yamashita Gen