Patent ID: 9307139
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an image sensor configured to capture an image of an object through a lens; a memory configured to store images captured by the image sensor; and a processor configured to perform a process including: adjusting a position of the lens, based on a value that is obtained from each of the images captured by the image sensor and that represents an extent of focusing by the lens; calculating a local maximum value of the value that represents the extent of focusing by the lens, based on temporal changes of the value that is obtained from each of the images successively captured by the image sensor and that represents the extent of focusing by the lens; and selecting an image from among the images stored in the memory, based on differences of the local maximum value calculated by the calculating and the value obtained from each of the images and representing the extent of focusing by the lens.