Patent ID: 7616253
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An optical apparatus comprising: a signal generator which extracts signals in a plurality of frequency bands from an output from an image-pickup part and generates focus signals from the extracted signals; and a controller which performs auto-focus control such that each of the focus signals approaches the highest value; wherein the controller uses a first focus signal and a second focus signal in the auto-focus control; wherein each of the first focus signal and the second focus signal is a synthesis signal formed by synthesizing at least two of a focus signal in a first frequency band and a focus signal in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band; wherein a ratio of the focus signal in the first frequency band synthesized in the second focus signal to the entire second focus signal is higher than a ratio of the focus signal in the first frequency band synthesized in the first focus signal to the entire first focus signal; wherein the controller performs, when a resolution of an image signal obtained by the image-pickup part is a first resolution, the auto-focus control with the first focus signal; wherein the controller performs, when the resolution of the image signal is a second resolution higher than the first resolution, the auto-focus control with the first focus signal and then performs the auto-focus control with the second focus signal; wherein, when synthesizing the focus signals in the first and second frequency bands, the controller multiplies each of the focus signals in the first and second frequency bands by a gain and adds the resulting focus signals in the first and second frequency bands after the gain multiplication to change a ratio of the focus signals in the first and second frequency bands in each of the first and second focus signals; and wherein the gain for the focus signal in the first frequency band in the second focus signal is higher than the gain for the focus signal in the first frequency band in the first focus signal.