US 10,382,672 B2 · Image capturing apparatus and method

Abstract

An image capturing apparatus and method are provided. The image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit including a camera, the image capturing unit configured to capture an image, and a controller connected to the image capturing unit. The controller is configured to set a position of a focus lens at a distance at which an object of the image to be captured is predicted to be positioned, to measure a movement speed of the object of the image to be captured, to determine an image capturing time by predicting a time until the object reaches the set position of the focus lens based on the measured movement speed, and to control the image capturing unit to capture the image of the object at the determined image capturing time.

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Dependent claims

An image capturing apparatus comprising:

an image sensor;
and
a controller connected to the image sensor,
wherein the controller is configured to:
in response to user input for setting a distance at which to capture an image including an object, set a focus position of a focus lens at the set distance,
determine a movement speed of the object,
determine an image capturing time by predicting a time until the object reaches the set focus position of the focus lens based on the determined movement speed, and
control the image sensor to capture the image of the object at the determined image capturing time and with the focus position of the focus lens at the set focus position.

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