US 12,126,899 B2
Imaging device, imaging control device, and imaging method
Yu Kimishima, Tokyo (JP); and Yohei Takada, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/311,170
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/041646
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/121654, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-234123 (JP), filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0360146 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 23/67 (2023.01); G03B 17/12 (2021.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/67 (2023.01) [G03B 17/12 (2013.01); H04N 23/633 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
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1. An imaging device, comprising:
a plurality of assignable buttons; and
circuitry configured to:
perform autofocus control of a subject, wherein the autofocus control of the subject starts based on detection of a first operation associated with a first operator;
select a second operator, to which a second operation is assigned, from the plurality of assignable buttons based on user input, wherein the second operator is different from the first operator; and
perform a tracking operation for the subject, wherein
the tracking operation for the subject starts based on detection of the second operation associated with the second operator in a state where the autofocus control is performed.