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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/247 (2006.01); G02B 7/38 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/38 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microcomputer controls accumulation of a signal by an AF sensor based on an AF area corresponding to a subject among a plurality of regions in the AF sensor that corresponds to each of AF areas. A setting unit sets the region corresponding to a position of a subject that should be in focus among the plurality of regions. A focus detection unit carries out focus detection based on the signal acquired from the control, the control being based on a light reception amount in a reference region set by the setting unit.