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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
May. 09, 2007
Applicants:
Masataka Ide, Hachioji, JP;
Hisayuki Matsumoto, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Masataka Ide, Hachioji, JP;
Hisayuki Matsumoto, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 3/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 7/04 (2006.01); G02B 27/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is disclosed a digital camera which detects a focus of a lens unit by a method selected from a plurality of focus detection methods based on information on the lens unit taken from the lens unit attached to the digital camera. As an example of a focus detection method, there is a method by a phase difference system or a contrast system, but the method is not limited to this example.