Patent ID: 8078046
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. An image sensing apparatus comprising: a focus detection unit including a plurality of focus detection regions in a frame; a determination unit configured to determine whether said focus detection unit has captured an object during servo autofocus in which said focus detection unit repeats focus detection even after obtaining an in-focus object image so that a focus follows motion of the object; and a selection unit configured to, when a focus detection region to be focused is selected from said plurality of focus detection regions, select a first focus detection region if said determination unit determines that the object has not been captured, and select a second focus detection region if said determination unit determines that the object has been captured, wherein the first focus detection region is a focus detection region which is selected by prioritizing an object nearer to said image sensing apparatus, and the second focus detection region is a focus detection region which indicates information corresponding to an object distance nearer to an object distance of previous focus detection operation.