US 12,041,362 B2
Imaging apparatus, operation method of imaging apparatus, and program
Hitoshi Sakurabu, Saitama (JP); Ryo Hasegawa, Saitama (JP); Tomoyuki Kawai, Saitama (JP); Makoto Kobayashi, Saitama (JP); and Kazufumi Sugawara, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,689.
Application 17/805,689 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/039715, filed on Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-015747 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0303475 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/959 (2023.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/959 (2023.01) [H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/672 (2023.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
an image sensor that incorporates a memory which stores image data obtained by imaging an imaging region at a first frame rate, and a first processor configured to output the image data at a second frame rate less than or equal to the first frame rate; and
an imaging lens including a focus lens,
wherein the first processor is configured to generate combined image data based on the image data of the number of frames calculated in accordance with a depth of field with respect to the imaging region and the focus position interval out of the image data of a plurality of frames obtained by imaging the imaging region at different positions of the focus lens; and
wherein the number of frames is calculated by decoded a number of lens driving pulses as the depth of field and calculating the number of frames based on the decided number of lens driving pulses and the focus position interval.