Patent ID: 8488049
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit configured to photograph an object; a display unit configured to confirm the object photographed by the image pickup unit; an optical system configured to change an in-focus state of the object; a focus estimation unit configured to evaluate the in-focus state of the object; a recording unit configured to record an image of the object photographed by the image pickup unit; an operation unit configured to input an instruction to the image pickup apparatus; a setting unit configured to select a plurality of points of the object displayed on the display unit in accordance with operation of the operation unit, and set the selected points as in-focus points; and a control unit configured to set a focusing time for changing the in-focus state onto each set in-focus point by the optical system in accordance with the plurality of in-focus points being set by the setting unit, and control the change of the in-focus state by the optical system on the basis of the set in-focus time and the evaluation by the focus estimation unit in response to an instruction of recording given to the recording unit with the operation unit to make the plurality of set in-focus points into the in-focus state in turn.