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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Motoi Tariki, Sagamihara, JP;
Hideyuki Arai, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348230 ; 348240 ; 348249 ; 348358 ; 382300 ;
Abstract
In an image pickup apparatus having an electronic zooming function for enlarging and interpolating an image by electronic image processing of an image pickup signal output from an image pickup device, a focus is detected by extracting a predetermined focal signal varying depending upon a focal state from the image pickup signal before the image pickup signal undergoes enlargement/interpolation processing by electronic zooming.