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Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2003
Applicant:

Yoshiharu Gotanda, Asaka, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshiharu Gotanda, Asaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

It the image capturing apparatus, if AF control is carried out by illuminating an object with AF auxiliary light, then when the auxiliary light is emitted, exposure for the AF control is set according to an EV value determined by illuminating the object with the auxiliary light. Thus, even if the AF auxiliary light needs to be emitted, the AF control can be accurately carried out with the appropriate exposure setting.


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