Patent ID: 8558923

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus for selective real-time focus/parameter adjustment, the apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display an image; an interface unit configured to enable a user to select a plurality of regions of the image displayed on the display unit; an adjustment unit configured to enable the user to adjust at least one focus/parameter to control focusing and degree of sharpness of at least one selected region of the image displayed on the display unit; a determining unit configured to determine whether capture of the displayed image is achievable in one shot based on a combination of lens input data and at least one focus/parameter adjusted by the user to control focusing and degree of sharpness about at least one region selected by the user; an image capturing unit configured to capture multiple images in accordance with the at least one focus/parameter adjusted by the user to control focusing and degree of sharpness about the at least one region selected by the user if the determining unit determines capture of the displayed image is not achievable in one shot based on a combination of the lens input data and the at least one focus/parameter adjusted by the user regarding focus and sharpness about the at least one region selected by the user, to capture the displayed image in one shot in accordance with the combination of lens input data and the at least one focus/parameter adjusted by the user if the determining unit determines capture of the displayed image is achievable in one shot based on the combination of the lens input data and the at least one focus/parameter adjusted by the user, and to capture the displayed image in one shot in accordance with the combination of lens input data and a plurality of adjusted focus/parameters in a plurality of regions if the plurality of focus/parameters are adjusted by the user and the determining unit determines capture of the displayed image is achievable in one shot based on the combination of the lens input data and the plurality of adjusted focus/parameters; and a generation unit configured to convert the image including the at least one adjusted selected region into image data, where at least one focus/parameter of the at least one adjusted selected region has been adjusted by the adjustment unit prior to conversion.