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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Naomi Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01);
Abstract
An apparatus configured to set a focus mode to autofocus for automatically focusing on a subject or manual focus for manually focusing on a subject includes a control unit configured to perform control to set the focus mode to the autofocus when a dual-purpose member configured to switch to be operated as a first member for manual focus operation or to be operated as a second member for an operation other than the manual focus operation is operated as the second member.