Image capture apparatus and control method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9380201-B2
Application number	US-201213554860-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2012
Priority date	Jul 25, 2011
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

When a first instruction operation is performed by a user, a controller changes a zoom position in a wide-angle direction. When a second instruction operation is performed by the user, the controller changes the zoom position, which has been changed in the wide-angle direction, in a telephoto direction. In association with the change in the zoom position in the telephoto direction, the controller causes the image capture unit to perform automatic image capture.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image capture apparatus comprising:
a memory;
a focus lens whose focus is adjustable and a focus control unit which controls a position of the focus lens,
a zoom control unit configured to change a zoom position by optical zooming using a zoom lens or electronic zooming;
a processor coupled to the memory which executes the following:
performing image capture using an image capture unit;
when a first instruction operation is performed by a user,…

Assignees

• Tsubusaki Akihiro
• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Tsubusaki Akihiro

Classifications

• H04N23/635

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N23/687

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N23/6812

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N23/69

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N23/673 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic