Patent ID: 9544494
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging sensor configured to generate image data by imaging an object image; a displaying monitor configured to display the image data and a focus area superimposed on the image data, the focus area being a set of a plurality of focus frames; a determination unit configured to determine a number and positions of arbitrary focus frames selected from the focus area; and a control unit configured to control the imaging sensor and the determination unit, and to perform focus processing on an image, and including a synthesis unit configured to perform image synthesis, wherein the control unit: performs the focus processing according to a plurality of selected focus frames when the determination unit determines that the plurality of selected focus frames are located at positions not adjacent to each other; performs the focus processing and the imaging on each of the plurality of selected focus frames, obtains a series of images, and synthesizes the series of images; divides an image area so that each of divided image areas includes one of the plurality of selected focus frames; synthesizes the series of images by using, for each of the divided image areas, the image data obtained by performing the focus processing on the one selected focus frame included in each of the divided image areas, respectively; and divides the image area by setting a barycentric position as a base point, the barycentric position being calculated based on the positions of the plurality of selected focus frames.