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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Ogino, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises an object detection unit, a focus control unit, a shooting control unit, a focus detection unit, a prediction unit which predicts a position of the object, a setting unit which sets a focus detection area with respect to the position of the predicted object, a reliability acquisition unit which obtains a reliability regarding the focus detection area and an object moving amount acquisition unit which obtains a moving amount of the object based on the in-focus positions of the imaging optical system. Until the object detection result is obtained before the real shooting processing during continuous shooting, the focus control unit drives the imaging optical system based on the in-focus position indicated by detection results up until the previous real shooting processing, the reliability and the moving amount of the object.