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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Natsuko Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryo Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/959 (2023.01); G03B 13/34 (2021.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/959 (2023.01); G03B 13/34 (2013.01); H04N 23/675 (2023.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus includes a tilt driving unit configured to perform tilt driving, a focus driving unit, a control unit configured to control the focus driving unit and the tilt driving unit for focusing on at least a first area and a second area in a plurality of areas in an image, and a first determination unit configured to determine a control method of the control unit based on whether or not a difference between a position of at least one of the first area and the second area and a position corresponding to a tilt axis in the image is smaller than a predetermined threshold.