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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2007
Junichi Shinohara, Tokyo, JP;
Kohichi Sugiura, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Shiraishi, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kajiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Shinohara, Tokyo, JP;
Kohichi Sugiura, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Shiraishi, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kajiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An AF controlling unit () starts an outside light AF operation controlled by an outside AF unit () by a half-pressing of a shutter release button (), and a change over between the outside AF operation and a CCDAF operation controlled by a CCDAF unit () is controlled corresponding to an elapsed time t (timer) from a starting of the operation of the outside light AF operation and a pressing condition (a detection of the half-pressing by a half-pressed detecting unit (), the detection of a full-pressing by a full-pressed detecting unit () or a press-in releasing) of a shutter release button () after the starting of the outside light AF operation controlled by the outside AF unit () by the half-pressing of the shutter release button ().