Focus adjustment apparatus, image capturing apparatus, focus adjustment method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSatoru Matsumoto, Yuichiro Ishitsuka
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Abstract
There is provided a focus adjustment apparatus. A first obtainment unit obtains a focus degree in a predetermined region of a shooting range. A driving unit drives a focus lens in response to an operation unit being operated. A movement amount of the focus lens per unit of an operation amount of the operation unit during the driving is lower in a case where the focus degree is greater than a focus threshold than in a case where the focus degree is lower than the focus threshold. The focus threshold is higher in a case where the focus lens is moving in a direction that increases the focus degree than in a case where the focus lens is moving in a direction that reduces the focus degree.
Claims12
A focus adjustment apparatus comprising:
- a first obtainment unit configured to obtain a focus degree in a predetermined region of a shooting range;
- and
- a driving unit configured to drive a focus lens in response to an operation unit being operated,
- wherein a movement amount of the focus lens per unit of an operation amount of the operation unit during the driving is lower in a case where the focus degree is greater than a focus threshold than in a case where the focus degree is lower than the focus threshold;
- and
- the focus threshold is higher in a case where the focus lens is moving in a direction that increases the focus degree than in a case where the focus lens is moving in a direction that reduces the focus degree.
A focus adjustment method comprising:
- obtaining a focus degree in a predetermined region of a shooting range;
- and
- driving a focus lens in response to an operation unit being operated,
- wherein a movement amount of the focus lens per unit of an operation amount of the operation unit during the driving is lower in a case where the focus degree is greater than a focus threshold than in a case where the focus degree is lower than the focus threshold;
- and
- the focus threshold is higher in a case where the focus lens is moving in a direction that increases the focus degree than in a case where the focus lens is moving in a direction that reduces the focus degree.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores a program for causing a computer to execute a focus adjustment method comprising:
- obtaining a focus degree in a predetermined region of a shooting range;
- and
- driving a focus lens in response to an operation unit being operated,
- wherein a movement amount of the focus lens per unit of an operation amount of the operation unit during the driving is lower in a case where the focus degree is greater than a focus threshold than in a case where the focus degree is lower than the focus threshold;
- and
- the focus threshold is higher in a case where the focus lens is moving in a direction that increases the focus degree than in a case where the focus lens is moving in a direction that reduces the focus degree.
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