Patent ID: 9274402
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G03B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An imaging device comprising: an image sensor that images a subject image and generates image data; a user input device that receives a mode setting to either one of a full AF (Auto Focus) mode of executing auto focus control by referring to data corresponding to an entire region of an image to be indicated by the image data and a partial AF mode of executing the auto focus control by referring to data corresponding to a partial region of the image to be indicated by the image data; an image processor that, in response to whether the mode is the full AF mode or the partial AF mode, generates first distance image data regarding a depth of the entire region of the image to be indicated by the image data or second distance image data regarding a depth of the partial region of the image to be indicated by the image data; and a controller that executes the auto focus control, wherein: the image processor generates the first distance image data in a case where the imaging device is set in the full AF mode, and generates the second distance image data in a case where the imaging device is set in the partial AF mode, the controller executes the auto focus control based on the first distance image data in a case where the first distance image data is generated by the image processor, and executes the auto focus control based on the second distance image data in a case where the second distance image data is generated by the image processor, in the case where the imaging device is set in the partial AF mode, the image processor generates distance image data regarding a depth of a first partial region, and the controller executes the auto focus control by referring to distance image data regarding a depth of a second partial region that is included in the first partial region and is smaller than the first partial region.