Patent ID: 8400556
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an optical system operable to change a focus state of an image of a subject; an imaging unit operable to capture the image of the subject formed by the optical system and generate image data; a button configured to be positioned in a first-pressed state and a second-pressed state; an autofocus controller operable to control the optical system to focus on the image indicated by the image data generated by the imaging unit when the button is positioned in the first-pressed state; a manual focus changing unit operable to be operated manually by a user to change the focus state of the optical system; a display unit operable to display the image based on the image data generated by the imaging unit; and a display controller operable to control the display unit; wherein the display controller detects whether the manual focus changing unit is operated by the user while the button is maintained in the first-pressed state, and when detecting that the manual focus changing unit is operated by the user while the button is maintained in the first-pressed state, the display controller determines, as an enlarged area, an area in the focused image by the autofocus controller and controls the display unit to display the image of the determined enlarged area.