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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2002
Hiroto Ohkawara, Toride, JP;
Hiroto Ohkawara, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A video camera system having a camera () and an interchangeable lens assembly () attachable to and detachable from the camera. A distance measurement frame is set by a distance measurement frame controller () on photographer's line-of-sight position information detected by line-of-sight detecting units (to), and a focal-point evaluation value is extracted by an AF signal processing circuit () from an image signal corresponding to the distance measurement frame. The line-of-sight position information, focal-length evaluation value, etc, are transmitted to the lens assembly (). A zoom lens () and focusing lens () are controlled by the lens assembly ().