Patent ID: 9529184
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit that images a test object; an analysis unit that outputs an image feature amount of a test object image which is captured by the imaging unit under different illumination conditions; a storage unit that stores an evaluation function which has the image feature amount as a variable, for evaluation of the test object image; an optimization calculating unit that generates a value for the evaluation functions, the value representing a result of the evaluation of the test object image using the evaluation function; a selection unit which simultaneously displays a predetermined number of two or more test object images and which selects one test objects image among the displayed images; and a changing unit that changes the evaluation function based on the one test object image selected by the selection unit, wherein when a test object image for which a highest value for the evaluation function is obtained by the optimization calculating unit and the selected test object image are different from each other, the changing unit changes the evaluation function so that the value for the evaluation function obtained for the selected test object object images.