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Title:
IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND FOCUSING CONTROL METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/125682
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is an image pickup device capable of accurately performing AF regardless of a subject to be photographed while achieving an increase in the speed of AF. When an AF instruction is given, photographing is performed while a focus lens is being moved, and an AF evaluation value is calculated by a contrast AF processing unit (19) at each focus lens position. The contrast AF processing unit (19) calculates an acutance near a maximum point of an evaluation value curve from three AF evaluation values: a maximum value among the calculated AF evaluation values; and AF evaluation values calculated at positions in front of and behind a focus lens position corresponding to the maximum value, and information relating to focus lens positions corresponding thereto, and calculates a focusing position by a calculation method selected from among multiple kinds of calculation methods according to the acutance.

Inventors:
SAKURABU HITOSHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2013/079888
Publication Date:
August 21, 2014
Filing Date:
November 05, 2013
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Assignee:
FUJIFILM CORP (JP)
International Classes:
G02B7/36; G02B7/28; G03B13/36; H04N5/232
Foreign References:
JP2009027212A2009-02-05
JP2005345695A2005-12-15
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
TAKAMATSU Takeshi et al. (JP)
Takamatsu 猛 (JP)
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