Image capture apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium for improving an operation of moving a focal point detection region
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKentarou Midorikawa
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Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises an operation device according to which a focal point detection region on a screen can be moved through a movement operation performed by a user; and a control unit configured to perform control such that a movement amount of the focal point detection region on the screen with respect to an operation amount of the operation device is changed according to a shooting state.
Claims7
An image capture apparatus comprising:
- an operation device according to which a focal point detection region on a screen can be moved through a movement operation performed by a user, the operation device being able to be operated by a thumb of a hand holding a first grip portion which is arranged along a first side of a first surface of the image capture apparatus;
- a finder according to which the user can observe a subject image by looking into the finder;
- a display device for displaying the subject image, the display device being provided on a rear surface of the image capture apparatus;
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- at least one processor or circuit configured to function as:
- a control unit configured to perform control such that a movement amount of the focal point detection region on the screen with respect to a first operation amount of the operation device in a case of performing shooting while viewing the display device is greater than a movement amount of the focal point detection region on the screen with respect to the first operation amount of the operation device in a case of performing shooting while viewing the finder,
- wherein the operation device is an optical tracking pointer which is able to detect, by employing infrared light scheme, a touch operation and a slide operation of a finger to the optical tracking pointer and the optical tracking pointer is incorporated in an Auto Focus (AF) ON button for instructing to start an AF operation, and wherein the operation device is arranged in between the display device and the first grip portion on the rear surface of the image capture apparatus.
An image capture apparatus control method for controlling an image capture apparatus including an operation device according to which a focal point detection region on a screen can be moved through a movement operation performed by a user, the operation device being able to be operated by a thumb of a hand holding a first grip portion which is arranged along a first side of a first surface of the image capture apparatus, a finder according to which the user can observe a subject image by looking into the finder, and a display device for displaying the subject image, the display device being provided on a rear surface of the image capture apparatus, the method comprising:
- performing control such that a movement amount of the focal point detection region on the screen with respect to a first operation amount of the operation device in a case of performing shooting while viewing the display device is greater than a movement amount of the focal point detection region on the screen with respect to the first operation amount of the operation device in a case of performing shooting while viewing the finder,
- wherein the operation device is an optical tracking pointer which is able to detect, by employing infrared light scheme, a touch operation and a slide operation of a finger to the optical tracking pointer and the optical tracking pointer is incorporated in an Auto Focus (AF) ON button for instructing to start an AF operation, and wherein the operation device is arranged in between the display device and the first grip portion on the rear surface of the image capture apparatus.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method, for controlling an image capture apparatus including an operation device according to which a focal point detection region on a screen can be moved through a movement operation performed by a user, the operation device being able to be operated by a thumb of a hand holding a first grip portion which is arranged along a first side of a first surface of the image capture apparatus, a finder according to which the user can observe a subject image by looking into the finder, and a display device for displaying the subject image, the display device being provided on a rear surface of the image capture apparatus, the method comprising:
- performing control such that a movement amount of the focal point detection region on the screen with respect to a first operation amount of the operation device in a case of performing shooting while viewing the display device is greater than a movement amount of the focal point detection region on the screen with respect to the first operation amount of the operation device in a case of performing shooting while viewing the finder,
- wherein the operation device is an optical tracking pointer which is able to detect, by employing infrared light scheme, a touch operation and a slide operation of a finger to the optical tracking pointer and the optical tracking pointer is incorporated in an Auto Focus (AF) ON button for instructing to start an AF operation, and wherein the operation device is arranged in between the display device and the first grip portion on the rear surface of the image capture apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.