Image pickup apparatus, control method thereof, and program
US8488049B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 22, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 16, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N5/772
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus sets focusing time for changing an in-focus state onto each in-focus point by the optical system in accordance with a plurality of in-focus points set by a setting unit and controls the change of the in-focus state by the optical system on the basis of the set focusing time and evaluation by a focus estimation unit in response to a recording instruction given to a recording unit, so that the plurality of set in-focus points are made intop the in-focus state in turn.
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