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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2008
Akira Miyata, Kodaira, JP;
Masaru Onozawa, Akishima, JP;
Akira Miyata, Kodaira, JP;
Masaru Onozawa, Akishima, JP;
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Photographing at a fixed focus is executed by quickly canceling the autofocus without any labor for mode switching or the like. An image sensing apparatus includes a photographing unit which has an autofocus function and photographs an object image, a key input unit including a shutter key which has two operation strokes and designates autofocus and autoexposure by operation of the first stroke and photographing by operation of the second stroke, and a focus control unit which automatically sets a correct exposure value in the photographing unit, detects predetermined operation states of the first and second strokes designated by the shutter key, and switches and selects, on the basis of the detection result, whether to operate the autofocus function or set a fixed-focus position at which a predetermined depth of field is obtained.