US 12,316,964 B2
Imaging apparatus and imaging method
Akira Fukuda, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/310,721.
Application 18/310,721 is a continuation of application No. 17/220,572, filed on Apr. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,659,277.
Application 17/220,572 is a continuation of application No. 16/574,162, filed on Sep. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,972,652, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Application 16/574,162 is a continuation of application No. 15/022,145, granted, now 10,440,252, issued on Oct. 8, 2019, previously published as PCT/JP2014/074241, filed on Sep. 12, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. 2013-197389 (JP), filed on Sep. 24, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269471 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/67 (2023.01); G02B 7/36 (2021.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/675 (2023.01) [G02B 7/365 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/635 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/672 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A camera apparatus, comprising:
an imager configured to acquire an image;
a first physical button;
a second physical button; and
circuitry configured to:
detect a face of an object from the acquired image;
detect an eye of the object from the acquired image based on detection of a first user operation, wherein the first user operation corresponds to a pressing operation of the first physical button;
set a focus target to the eye of the object, wherein
a setting to focus on the face of the object is turned off, and
the focus target is set in a state where a live view image is displayed; and
set the focus target to a specific object in the acquired image based on detection of a second user operation, wherein
the second user operation corresponds to a half pressing operation of the second physical button, and
the specific object corresponds to a closest object to the imager in an imaging direction of the imager.