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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akiko Wada, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); G02B 7/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); G02B 7/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention includes steps of setting a main area set within the frame of a photographed image signal, and a plurality of auxiliary areas each of which is smaller than the main area, selecting one or a plurality of focus detection areas from the main area and the auxiliary areas in accordance with the in-focus position of a focus lens based on the focus signals of the main area and the auxiliary areas, and controlling the focus lens to move to the in-focus position of the focus lens in the focus detection area selected in the selecting step.