Patent ID: 9277112
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An auto focusing apparatus comprising: a detection unit configured to detect a specific object from image signals periodically supplied; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the specific object has been consecutively detected; a setting unit configured to set a first area corresponding to the specific object detected by the detection unit and a second area which is different from the first area until the determination unit determines that that specific object has been consecutively detected; and a focusing unit configured to perform focusing control by an imaging optical system based on image signals, wherein the focusing unit starts the focusing control based on the image signal in the second area until the determination unit determines that the specific object has been consecutively detected, and starts the focusing control based on the image signals in the first area in a case where the determination unit determines that the specific object has been consecutively detected.