Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Junichi Maniwa

Koji Sudo

Eiji Yoshino

Yohei Fujitani

Ryoji Kubo

Chiyumi Niwa

Kenya Nishiwaki

Yusuke Kazami

Ryota Ogawa

Takeshi Omata

Kenya Fukabori

Sairi Iwata

A driving control apparatus is configured to control a driving unit that moves relative to each other a vibrator that is excited to vibrate by applying a first driving signal and a second driving signal that have a phase difference with each other, and a contact member that contacts the vibrator. The driving control apparatus includes a first control unit configured to control the phase difference, and a second control unit configured to control a voltage amplitude of each of the first driving signal and the second driving signal. The second control unit controls the voltage amplitude so that a change rate of the voltage amplitude increases as an absolute value of the phase difference decreases.

Driving control apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and control method

A lens control apparatus having a zoom lens includes first and second operation members that give a zoom instruction for moving the zoom lens, and a controller that changes a zoom stop position to a first pattern according to the operation of the first operation member, and changes the zoom stop position to a second pattern, which has an interval wider than that in the first pattern, according to the operation of the second operation member.

Zoom lens barrel

An image sensing apparatus has an image sensing unit that outputs an image signal in accordance with incident light through an optical system including a zoom lens. The apparatus performs photographing by exposing the image sensing unit while driving the zoom lens, and stores attached information relating to photography at a predetermined timing after driving of the zoom lens has started during photographing. After the end of exposure of the image sensing unit, an image signal output from the image sensing unit is recorded in association with the stored attached information.

Image sensing apparatus and control method thereof

An image pickup apparatus which performs an image pickup of an object and records a pickup image includes a display unit which displays an operation item for execution of operation corresponding to the operation mode of the image pickup apparatus, a communication unit which connects a peripheral device so as to allow communication, and a determination unit which determines whether the peripheral device is connected. The display unit displays a specific operation item in an already selected state in accordance with the determination result obtained by the determination unit.

Image pickup apparatus and control method therefor

There is provided an image sensing apparatus which electrically senses an object and stores obtained image data in a storage medium, having an LCD, an EVF, a display device changeover button to, while displaying image data on one of the LCD and the EVD in each of a plurality of different display modes, select one of the LCD and the EVD in each of the plurality of display modes by changing over a display destination of the image data to the other one, a memory which stores one of the LCD and the EVF selected by the display device changeover button for each of the plurality of display modes, and a display control unit which controls to display image data on the one of the LCD and the EVF stored in the memory in accordance with the display mode.

Display changeover control in image sensing apparatus

An image sensing apparatus comprises an image sensor that performs image sensing in response to an inputted image sensing instruction, a recording medium that stores a sensed image, and a controller that controls to record on the recording medium the sensed image in a first format instead of a second format, different from the first format, which is designated in advance when a format change instruction is designated by a user within a predetermined period after sensing the image.

Image sensing apparatus and data processing method used therein

An image capture apparatus includes: an image capture optical system; a rotary device rotatable from an initial position in a first direction and rotatable from the initial position in a second direction; a protective cover that performs an opening action to expose (uncover) the image capture optical system in response to rotation of the rotary device from the initial position in the first direction, and that performs a closing action to cover the image capture optical system in response to rotation of the rotary device from the initial position in the second direction; and an energizing member that returns the rotary device to the initial position.

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Komae, Japan

Junichi Maniwa