Patent ID: 8717478

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: an imaging element which is configured to receive light from an object; a display unit which includes a display region with a focus region, said display unit displaying image data of said object from said imaging element on said display region, said focus region being adjustable with respect to said display region; a focus unit which is configured to detect a focus deviation; and a display controller which is configured to acquire a first image of said object corresponding to said focus region and a second image of said object corresponding to said focus region based on said image data of said object, and cause said display unit to superpose the first image of the object and the second image of the object with respect to each other such that the first image of the object and the second image of the object are displayed in said focus region simultaneously, a position of the first image of said object being stationary when the first image of said object is displayed in the said focus region with respect to the image data of the object irrelevant to said focus deviation, a position of the second image of the object being moved when the second image of said object is displayed in the said focus region with respect to said image data of the object in accordance with said focus deviation.