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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2011
Applicant:
Naoki Iwasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Naoki Iwasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01);
Abstract
A change to the telephoto side by the zoom control unit makes the stored zoom position as a target, a focus adjustment unit moves a focus lens so as to bring an object into an in-focus state, and the focus adjustment unit, while processing for changing the zoom position is being performed by the zoom control unit, performs a regulating operation of operation for focusing on the object.