Imaging apparatus
US7301579B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/671
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An AF controlling unit (83) starts an outside light AF operation controlled by an outside AF unit (81) by a half-pressing of a shutter release button (61), and a change over between the outside AF operation and a CCDAF operation controlled by a CCDAF unit (82) is controlled corresponding to an elapsed time t (timer 84) from a starting of the operation of the outside light AF operation and a pressing condition (a detection of the half-pressing by a half-pressed detecting unit (62), the detection of a full-pressing by a full-pressed detecting unit (63) or a press-in releasing) of a shutter release button (61) after the starting of the outside light AF operation controlled by the outside AF unit (81) by the half-pressing of the shutter release button (61).
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