Patent ID: 11962888
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. An imaging apparatus, comprising:
an image sensor that captures a subject image via an optical system including a focus lens, to generate image data;
a display that displays a moving image indicated by the image data;
a user interface allowing to input user operation; and
a controller that controls focusing operation using the focus lens, based on the user operation input to the user interface, wherein
the controller
controls the display to display operation information together with the moving image, the operation information indicating a setting value related to a speed at which the focusing operation is executed, and
responds to first operation via the user interface to adjust the setting value indicated by the operation information, and responds to second operation via the user interface to execute the focusing operation in accordance with the setting value indicated by the displayed operation information together with the moving image,
wherein
the second operation designates a start position and an end position, the start position being a focus lens position to start moving the focus lens and the end position being a focus lens position to end the moving of the focus lens, and
when the second operation is input, the controller moves the focus lens from the start position to the end position, according to the setting value indicated by the operation information.