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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
May. 11, 2001
Atsushi Inagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Inagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensor; an image display device; a display designating unit that designates whether or not the sensed image is displayed by the image display device; and a focus evaluating value obtaining device that obtains a focus evaluating value for adjusting a focus. The focus evaluating value obtaining device obtains the focus evaluating value based on an image signal that corresponds to a part of a region of an display image displayed by the image display device if the display designating unit does not designate that the sensed image is displayed by the image display device when the image of the subject is sensed by said image sensor.