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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
May. 27, 1997
Taeko Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic focusing device includes an image pickup device for outputting an image signal by performing photoelectric conversion of an image of an object, a band-pass filter for extracting a sharpness signal corresponding to the sharpness from among the image signal, a diaphragm for controlling the amount of light incident upon the image pickup device, and a control circuit for controlling prohibition of the drive of a focusing lens based on a change in the sharpness signal output from the band-pass filter and a change in the state of the diaphragm. It is thereby possible to exactly detect an operation, such as panning or the like, and to prevent the stop of the focusing lens at a defocused position caused by an erroneous operation by prohibiting the drive of the focusing lens when panning has been detected.