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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yumi Toyoda, Ibaraki, JP;
Fuya Mizuochi, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/675 (2023.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus includes at least one processor configured to execute instructions to function as a first controller that automatically adjusts a focus lens to a focusing position, a second controller that adjusts the focus lens on the basis of a user operation quantity, and a third controller that drives the focus lens. The first controller and the second controller effectively work in a first drive area of the focus lens. The first controller is disabled in a second drive area of the focus lens. The third controller drives the focus lens on the basis of changes of the second drive area.