ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,236, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Imaging apparatus, focus control method, and focus control program" was invented by Hideaki Kokubun (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging element that images a subject through an imaging optical system; and a processor, and the processor is configured to: detect a subject area as a second area from pixel data obtained by the imaging element at a second time point; and output, to a lens drive mechanism of the imaging optical system, a control signal generated by selectively using a first focus position based on data of the...