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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Takamiya, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a case where an in-focus threshold value is set based on an F number, when a zoom or a focus is changed, the threshold value will change, so that an in-focus indication happens to be switched to an out-of-focus indication. To solve the problem, an image pickup apparatus has an image pickup unit that picks up an optical image formed through an optical system, wherein the optical system has a zoom function and F number thereof varies within a predetermined range according to a plurality of zoom conditions, a determination unit that determines an in-focus condition when a defocus amount of an object is smaller than predetermined first threshold value, wherein the first threshold value is determined by a minimum F number within the predetermined range, and a focus indication unit that indicates a first in-focus indication when the focus condition is in-focus condition.