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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoichi Takahashi, Machida, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capture apparatus sets a plurality of target focus positions, causes an image sensor to capture a plurality of images based on the target focus positions, and calculates focus positions with respect to an object of a plurality of captured images. In a case where the image capture apparatus captures a first image and a second image sequentially and where a difference between a focus position calculated for capturing the first image and a focus position calculated for capturing the second image is higher than a predetermined threshold value, the image capture apparatus resets a part of the target focus positions for images to be captured subsequently.