Patent ID: 7848633
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus, comprising: an imaging means for generating image data by photographing a subject; a target object detection means for detecting a target object from the image data; an exposure determination means for determining an exposure condition; a focus determination means for determining a focusing position; a photographing instruction means for instructing main exposure photographing; and a self-timer photographing means for timing a predetermined time period in response to an instruction to perform main exposure photographing issued by the photographing instruction means and causing the main exposure photographing to take place after the predetermined time period, wherein when main exposure photographing is performed using the self-timer photographing means: target object detection is performed by the target object detection means before the start of the timing; target object detection is performed at least once by the target object detection means during a period from the start of the timing to the performance of the main exposure photographing; a determination is made as to whether or not a new target object has been detected during a period from the start of the timing to the end of the predetermined time period; and when a new target object has been detected, target object detection is performed by the target object detection means before the end of the predetermined time period and the exposure condition and/or the focusing position is determined by the exposure determination means and focus determination means according to a result of the target object detection, while if a new target object has not been detected, target object detection is performed by the target object detection means after the end of the predetermined time period and before the main exposure photographing, and the exposure condition and/or the focusing position is determined by the exposure determination means and focus determination means according to a result of the target object detection.