Patent ID: 7929042

Claim:
An imaging apparatus adapted for imaging of a subject having a face and a body contiguously connected to the face and for automatically focusing a subject image of the subject, the imaging apparatus comprising: a face detecting part configured to detect a face area of the face of the subject from an input image in the imaging apparatus; a measurement frame setting part configured to set a plurality of measurement frames including a face area measurement frame corresponding to the face area and a body area measurement frame corresponding to a body area of the body of the subject, the body area being spaced apart from the face area detected in the face detecting part; and a focus control part configured to apply each of the plurality of the measurement frames set by the measurement frame setting part to detect in-focus positions corresponding to at least the face area and body area measurement frames based on a check of information about the detected in-focus positions corresponding to the at least face area and body area measurement frames, and to decide a final in-focus position in order to automatically focus the subject image of the subject, wherein the face area measurement frame and the body area measurement frame are disposed apart and are completely different from one another.