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US 2014/0153915 A1Published application
Image pickup apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuyuki Suzuki
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Abstract
An image pickup apparatus which changes focal point adjustment by a focal point adjusting unit in accordance with the panning state detected by a panning detecting unit and a focal point state detected by a focal point detecting unit.
Claims11
An image pickup apparatus comprising:
- a detecting unit which detects a focusing state of an imaging lens;
- an adjusting unit which performs a focusing adjustment operation on the imaging lens in accordance with the focusing state;
- a panning detecting unit which detects a panning state;
- and
- a controller which changes the focusing adjustment operation by the adjusting unit in accordance with the panning state detected by the panning detecting unit and a focusing information,
- wherein the focusing information is related to information about whether an amount of change of the focusing state detected by the detecting unit is lower than a predetermined amount.
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A control method for an image pickup apparatus, the method comprising:
- a detecting step in which a focusing state of an imaging lens is detected;
- an adjusting step in which a focusing adjustment operation is performed on the imaging lens in accordance with the focusing state;
- a panning detecting step in which a panning state is detected;
- and
- a control step in which a controller changes the focusing adjustment operation in accordance with the panning state detected at the panning detecting step and the focusing state detected at the detecting step,
- wherein the focusing state is related to information about whether an amount of change of the focusing state is lower than a predetermined amount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.