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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
May. 01, 1998
Yoshiaki Irie, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a camera including a light measuring device having a plurality of light measuring areas into which a light measuring field is divided, and a focus detecting device having a plurality of focus detecting areas which are set at a plurality of places including a place on a boundary between the plurality of light measuring areas, the focus detecting device is arranged to select a particular focus detecting area from among the plurality of focus detecting areas, and a deciding circuit decides a light measuring area which is to be subjected to a specific weighting, from among the plurality off light measuring areas by using a focus detecting state of each of the particular focus detecting area and focus detecting areas adjacent thereto if the particular focus detecting area lies on the boundary between the plurality of light measuring areas.