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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masayasu Mizushima, Tochigi, JP;
Yuichiro Kato, Tochigi, JP;
Toshimune Nagano, Saitama, JP;
Akino Moriyoshi, Tochigi, JP;
Toru Matsumoto, Tochigi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for use with a camera system that includes an image pickup apparatus that includes an image sensor, and a lens an apparatus that includes at least one optical element configured to change at least one of a tilt effect that tilts a focal plane relative to an imaging plane of the image sensor and a shift effect that moves an imaging range includes a first control unit configured to move, in response to a first operation instruction based on an operation to an operation unit, the at least one optical element according to the operation, and a second control unit configured to move the at least one optical element to a preset position in response to a second operation instruction different from the first operation instruction.