Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image pickup apparatus and control method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 摄像装置及其控制方法
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Application No.: US13487793Application Date: 2012-06-04
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Publication No.: US08947583B2Publication Date: 2015-02-03
- Inventor: Naoyuki Nakagawara
- Applicant: Naoyuki Nakagawara
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JP2011-133101 20110615
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; G03B13/00 ; H04N5/347 ; G03B13/36

Abstract:
A controller configured to move a lens to reduce a defocus amount of a focus area selected from among a plurality of focus areas, wherein the controller repeats a detection of a defocus amount while moving the lens, and performs a selection of a focus area by using face position information, which is obtained and output by the first detection unit after detection of the defocus amount is repeated a plurality of times.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120320258A1 IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2012-12-20
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