Patent ID: 8237799
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging section that creates video data from an optical image of a subject field; a feature acquiring section that acquires a feature of a main subject in the subject field; a tracking button that commands start and stop of tracking; a reference feature holding section that holds, as a reference feature, the feature acquired by the feature acquiring section when the tracking button commands the start of the tracking; a tracking processing section that performs a predetermined process for tracking the main subject using the video data created by the imaging section, the feature acquired by the feature acquiring section and the reference features held by the reference feature holding section; and a controlling section that validates or invalidates an operation of the reference feature holding section, wherein, when the tracking button commands the start and when the imaging apparatus satisfies a predetermined condition, the controlling section invalidates the operation of the reference feature holding section so that the reference feature holding section does not hold the feature acquired by the feature acquiring section as the reference feature.