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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Teruyuki Kojima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01);
Abstract
A setting unit does not set a limit angle of rotating a second housing by a driving unit with respect to a first housing in accordance with information output from a sensor configured to output information related to whether or not an object exists in a predetermined range until an elapsed time since an operation unit is operated exceeds a predetermined time, and the setting unit sets the limit angle in accordance with the information output from the sensor after the elapsed time since the operation unit is operated exceeds the predetermined time.