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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigeru Takeshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/514 ; G03B 1/700 ; H04N 5/225 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/514 ; G03B 1/700 ; H04N 5/225 ;
Abstract
An image taking apparatus performs drive control to allow a zoom lens for magnifying an object image to stop at a stop position from both a telephoto direction and a wide-angle direction when a first mode and a second mode can be selected, and the first mode is selected, and performs drive control to allow the zoom lens to stop at the stop position from only one of the telephoto direction and the wide-angle direction when the second mode is selected.