Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Focusing device, image pick-up apparatus, and control method
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Application No.: US11779758Application Date: 2007-07-18
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Publication No.: US08121470B2Publication Date: 2012-02-21
- Inventor: Atsuya Kawanishi
- Applicant: Atsuya Kawanishi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt LLP
- Priority: JP2006-202137 20060725; JP2006-228960 20060825
- Main IPC: G03B3/10
- IPC: G03B3/10

Abstract:
A focusing device includes a first focus-position determining unit configured to determine a focus position based on a change in a radio-frequency component in an image signal obtained with movement of a focusing lens, a second focus-position determining unit configured to determine a focus position by using a different process from a process performed by the first focus-position determining unit, a mode setting unit configured to select at least a first mode which uses a result with the first focusing-position determining unit together with the second focusing-position determining unit or a second mode which uses a result with the first focus-position determining unit without the second focus-position determining unit, and a control unit configured to control driving of the focusing lens according to selection by the mode setting unit such that the focusing lens is driven in the first mode at a higher speed than in the second mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080025717A1 FOCUSING DEVICE, IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2008-01-31
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