US 12,015,846 B2
Imaging apparatus with autofocus control based on movement tendency
Kiyokazu Sasaki, Nara (JP); and Junpei Matsuda, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on May 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/750,336.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-101685 (JP), filed on Jun. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408027 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/675 (2023.01) [H04N 23/61 (2023.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
an image sensor that captures a subject image formed via an optical system to generate image data;
a controller that controls an autofocus operation to focus the optical system; and
an image recognizer that identifies, based on the image data, a class of a subject in an image shown by the image data, from among a plurality of different classes of a subject, each of the different classes of a subject having associated therewith a corresponding movement property indicative of an ability of a subject within the class to move within the image shown by the image data,
wherein the controller acquires the class of the subject identified by the image recognizer, and
automatically set a parameter indicating characteristics of the autofocus operation, based on the movement property associated with the class of the subject of the identified by the image recognizer.