Patent ID: 8643767

Claim:
An imaging device, comprising: an optical system which obtains an optical image of a photographic subject; an image sensor which converts the optical image to an electric signal; a display which displays a display image based on the electric signal; a first user interface to specify on the display, using user input, at least one of a first area on which a blurring operation is to be performed and a second area on which the blurring operation is not performed; a processor which performs the blurring operation by performing an image processing operation such that the first area is blurred; an autofocus device which focuses automatically in an autofocus area which is rectangular and different from the second area; and a second user interface to instruct execution of an autofocus operation by the autofocus device, wherein: the display displays a live view of image data corresponding to the first area that is displayed in a blurred state and the second area, the second area is a rectangle including four sides, two of the sides of the rectangle opposite to each other being longer than another two of the sides of the rectangle which are also opposite to each other, a length of at least one of the sides of the autofocus area is shorter than the longer sides of the second area, the autofocus area overlaps with at least a part of the second area, and the autofocus device performs the autofocus operation in the autofocus area, when the second user interface is activated.