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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shoma Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus capable of performing an operation of quickly moving a display object in a screen to a separated position and an operation of finely adjusting a position without moving a location where a finger for operation is placed. A cameradisplays a ranging point frame movable by a user operation in a screen of a finder visual field displaythat displays a shot image. The camerahas a complex selectorconsisting of an OTPthat moves a position of the ranging point frame based on a movement amount and a movement direction of sliding movement of a finger of a user, a button basethat holds the OTPand detects swing by the user, and an AF-ON buttonthat moves, on a unit basis, the position of the ranging point frame based on a direction of the swing. When autofocus is performed in a shooting scene of a moving subject, the position of the ranging point frame is moved by the OTPor the AF-ON buttonof the complex selector