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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1994
Keisuke Aoyama, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A focus detecting apparatus detecting focus to a plurality of areas receives outputs from a plurality of sensors. A processing circuit evaluates the plurality of output signals from the respective plurality of sensors, and independently evaluates whether or not each of the output signals fulfills each of a plurality of predetermined judgement conditions. A selection circuit (i) determines the total number of judgement conditions fullfilled by each of the output signals, (ii) selects the output from one of the plurality of sensors on the basis of the determination.
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