Image pickup apparatus with automatic focus lens, when auto...

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2006-02-01

2009-06-23

Ometz, David L (Department: 2622)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Optics

C348S342000, C348S349000, C348S351000, C348S353000, C348S356000, C348S216100, C348S211120

Reexamination Certificate

active

07551222

ABSTRACT:
In an image pickup apparatus, information of a distance to an object is acquired according to an image pickup direction such as panning or tilting under a condition where focusing can be conducted, an image pickup direction is detected at a present position due to a panning angle and a tilting angle in the case where focusing cannot be conducted at a low illumination level, the information of distance to an object corresponding to the detected image pickup direction is read out from the memory, and a focus lens is driven at the read position, thereby making it possible to take a photograph even under a condition where the object cannot be focused.

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