Patent ID: 8964075
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging device that includes a plurality of pixels; a first curtain that travels to block incidence of light on the imaging device; a second curtain that permits the incidence of light on the imaging device earlier than the traveling of the first curtain; and circuitry configured to: perform a sequential reset-scan of lines of the pixels earlier than the traveling of the first curtain; and select as a shutter operation one of a mechanical shutter operation performed by the traveling of the first curtain and the second curtain and an electronic shutter operation performed by the first curtain and the reset-scan depending on a shutter speed and a defocus value, wherein the circuitry selects as the shutter operation the mechanical shutter operation when the shutter speed is higher than a first threshold value and the defocus value is greater than a third threshold value.