Patent ID: 9736352
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a body; an imaging unit provided in the body, the imaging unit for capturing an image of an object and generating an image; a focus lens movable in an optical axis direction, the focus lens for adjusting a focus state of the image; an evaluation value detector for detecting a focus evaluation value of the image; a movement detector for detecting a moving direction and an amount of movement of the body in the optical axis direction; and a controller for controlling movement of the focus lens, wherein the evaluation value detector detects a first focus evaluation value of the image before the movement of the body in the optical axis direction and a second focus evaluation value of the image, and wherein the controller determines a direction to which the focus lens is to be moved based on (i) the moving direction of the body in the optical axis direction detected by the movement detector and (ii) the first focus evaluation value and the second focus evaluation value.