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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroaki Kurisu, Inagi, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232121 (2018.08); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H04N 5/232125 (2018.08); H04N 5/232127 (2018.08);
Abstract
A control apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a point light source area exists in an image, and a focus control unit configured to perform a focus control based on an evaluation value sequentially acquired from the image while moving the focus lens. The focus control unit changes a method of the focus control based on a position of the point light source area.