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Patent Inventor Names
Mikio Watanabe0
Date of Patent
February 18, 2020
0Patent Application Number
161385780
Date Filed
September 21, 2018
0Patent Citations Received
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An imaging apparatus includes: a distance measurement unit that measures distance values of a plurality of points in a first area which has a focus point as a reference point; a statistical unit that calculates statistics indicating a variation in the measured distance values of the plurality of points in the first area; a size determination unit that determines the size of a second area which has the focus point as a reference point, on the basis of the calculated statistics; a contrast evaluation value calculation unit that calculates a contrast evaluation value on the basis of an image of the second area; and a focusing unit that moves a focus lens to a lens position determined on the basis of the calculated contrast evaluation value.
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