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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Junichi Maniwa, Komae, JP;
Eiji Yoshino, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Sudo, Machida, JP;
Yohei Fujitani, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G02B 7/09 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/09 (2013.01); G02B 15/14 (2013.01); H04N 5/23203 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lens control apparatus having a zoom lens includes first and second operation members that give a zoom instruction for moving the zoom lens, and a controller that changes a zoom stop position to a first pattern according to the operation of the first operation member, and changes the zoom stop position to a second pattern, which has an interval wider than that in the first pattern, according to the operation of the second operation member.