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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2014
Olympus Corporation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Tsuruoka, Machida, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The endoscope apparatus includes a focus control section that performs a focus control process that controls a plurality of in-focus object plane position, the plurality of in-focus object plane positions being set discretely, a switch control section that switches the focus control process between an autofocus control process and a manual focus control process, and an operation section that is operated by a user, when the operation section has been operated by the user during a period in which the focus control section performs the autofocus control process, the switch control section switching the focus control process from the autofocus control process to the manual focus control process, and the focus control section moving the in-focus object plane position to an in-focus object plane position among the plurality of in-focus object plane positions that differs from the in-focus object plane position when the operation section has been operated.