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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Tomokazu Yoshida, Ebina, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a focus detection apparatus, a sensor includes a first mode for outputting via the signal line when respective stored charges corresponding to the first and the second AF areas have reached the predetermined charge amount, and a second mode for outputting via the signal line when respective stored charges corresponding to the first or the second AF areas have reached the predetermined charge amount.