Imaging apparatus and imaging method
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorAkira Fukuda
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method that are capable of easily setting a type of a subject as a focusing target in each imaging. An image sensor acquires an image. An operation unit selects a type of a subject as a focusing target in each imaging of the image acquired by the image sensor. In the case where the type of the subject as a focusing target is selected by the operation unit, a microcomputer detects an area of the subject of that type from the image and sets the detected area as an in-focus area of the image. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging apparatus, for example.
Claims15
A camera apparatus, comprising:
- an imager configured to acquire an image;
- a first physical button;
- a second physical button;
- and
- circuitry configured to:
- detect a face of an object from the acquired image;
- detect an eye of the object from the acquired image based on detection of a first user operation, wherein the first user operation corresponds to a pressing operation of the first physical button;
- set a focus target to the eye of the object, wherein
- a setting to focus on the face of the object is turned off, and
- the focus target is set in a state where a live view image is displayed;
- and
- set the focus target to a specific object in the acquired image based on detection of a second user operation, wherein
- the second user operation corresponds to a half pressing operation of the second physical button, and
- the specific object corresponds to a closest object to the imager in an imaging direction of the imager.
An imaging method for a camera apparatus, comprising:
- acquiring, by an imager, an image;
- detecting, by circuitry, a face of an object from the acquired image;
- detecting, by the circuitry, an eye of the object from the acquired image based on detection of a first user operation, wherein the first user operation corresponds to a pressing operation of a first physical button of the camera apparatus;
- setting, by the circuitry, a focus target to the eye of the object, wherein
- a setting to focus on the face of the object is turned off, and
- the focus target is set in a state where a live view image is displayed;
- and
- setting, by the circuitry, the focus target to a specific object in the acquired image based on detection of a second user operation, wherein
- the second user operation corresponds to a half pressing operation of a second physical button of the camera apparatus, and
- the specific object corresponds to a closest object to the imager in an imaging direction of the imager.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor in a camera apparatus, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- acquiring, by an imager, an image;
- detecting, by circuitry, a face of an object from the acquired image;
- detecting, by the circuitry, an eye of the object from the acquired image based on detection of a first user operation, wherein the first user operation corresponds to a pressing operation of a first physical button of the camera apparatus;
- setting, by the circuitry, a focus target to the eye of the object, wherein
- a setting to focus on the face of the object is turned off, and
- the focus target is set in a state where a live view image is displayed;
- and
- setting, by the circuitry, the focus target to a specific object in the acquired image based on detection of a second user operation, wherein
- the second user operation corresponds to a half pressing operation of a second physical button of the camera apparatus, and
- the specific object corresponds to a closest object to the imager in an imaging direction of the imager.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.