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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Imamiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus capable of visually indicates to a user whether or not execution of autofocusing at a set position is possible is provided. The apparatus includes a pickup device, and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit configured to function as a setting unit that sets a focus adjustment region, a detecting unit that detects a defocusing amount of an optical system, a determining unit that determines whether or not focus adjustment in the focus adjustment region is possible based on the defocusing amount, and a control unit that switches a display of a live view image between an unmagnification display and an enlargement display. The control unit varies a display method of the focus adjustment region between the unmagnification display and the enlargement display in accordance with to a determination result obtained by the determining unit.