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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2010
Akira Kubota, Yokohama, JP;
Yasutaka Naka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Ogino, Yokohama, JP;
Nobukazu Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Kubota, Yokohama, JP;
Yasutaka Naka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Ogino, Yokohama, JP;
Nobukazu Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention further improves operability related to setting the position and size of a focus detection region. An image capturing apparatus of the invention is provided with an image sensor that photo-electrically converts an object image formed by an optical lens, a focus detection unit that detects the focus state of the object image using an image signal from a focus detection region that is a region that is a portion within a frame of the image sensor, a setting unit that sets one focus detection mode from among a plurality of focus detection modes in which the size and position of the focus detection region within the frame differ, and a storage unit that stores a focus detection region size and position for each of the plurality of focus detection modes.