Patent ID: 6670992
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A camera comprising:a light measuring device having a plurality of light measuring areas; a focus detecting device having a plurality of focus detecting areas which are set at a plurality of places including a place on a boundary between the plurality of light measuring areas, said focus detecting device being arranged to select a particular focus detecting area from among the plurality of focus detecting areas; and a determination circuit which determines a light measuring area which is to be subjected to a specific weighting, from among the plurality of light measuring areas, by using a focus detecting state of focus detecting areas adjacent to the particular focus detecting area when the particular focus detecting area lies on the boundary between the plurality of light measuring areas, wherein said determination circuit determines the light measuring area which is to be subjected to the specific weighting on the basis of information on differences between the focus detecting state of the particular focus detecting area and the focus detecting states of adjacent focus detecting areas, and wherein said determination circuit determines, as the light measuring area which is to be subjected to the specific weighting, a light measuring area which lies adjacent the focus detecting area having the smallest one of (1) the difference between the focus detecting state of said particular focus detecting area and the focus detecting state of a first focus detecting area adjacent to said particular focus detecting area and (2) the difference between the focus detecting state of said particular focus detecting area and the focus detecting state of a second focus detecting area adjacent to said particular focus detecting area.