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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2005
Applicant:
Hirofumi Suda, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Hirofumi Suda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaish, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention allows focus detection devices to be smoothly and quickly switched even if different image capturing frame counts or image capturing field counts are set in accordance with image capturing purposes. An AF system selection unit switches focus detection methods based on a direct distance measurement AF unit and captured signal AF detection unit in accordance with the frame count or field count of a captured signal.
Suda, Hirofumi. (2010). Image capturing apparatus having a plurality of focus detention devices and control method therefor (U.S. Patent No. 7746403). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7746403
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