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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes: a system selector configured to select either one of a focus control of a contrast system in which a wobbling motion is performed for detection and a focus control of a different system that is different from the focus control of the contrast system; and a controller configured to set a first wobbling amount for the focus control of the different system to be smaller than a second wobbling amount for the focus control of the contrast system.