| US 7,602,435 B2 | ||
| Image-taking apparatus and focus control program for image-taking apparatus | ||
| Kazunori Ishii, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 08, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/936,250. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-317294 (JP), filed on Sep. 09, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0052564 A1, Mar. 10, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/232 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 348—345 | 20 Claims |

| 1. An image-taking apparatus comprising:
an image-pickup element which photoelectrically converts an object image formed by an image-taking optical system which includes
a focus lens;
a first detector which outputs a focus evaluation value signal which represents a focusing state of the image-taking optical
system based on a predetermined frequency component of an output signal from the image-pickup element;
a second detector which outputs information about a distance to an object with triangulation; and
a controller which performs a first control for moving the focus lens to a position at which the focus evaluation value signal
is at a relatively large level,
wherein the controller obtains shift information which represents a shift state from an in-focus state based on the information
about the distance to the object with triangulation from the second detector after the first control, and performs processing
associated with re-performance of the first control based on at least the shift information.
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