Patent ID: 8639105

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a focus detection unit configured to detect a focusing state of light from an object incident thereon via a focus lens so that an object-image is in focus on an imaging unit; a control unit configured to move the focus lens when the focusing state is detected; a designation unit configured to receive a designation of an in-screen position of an object displayed on a display screen; and an object detection unit configured to detect a specific object based on an output signal of the imaging unit; wherein the control unit performs AF frame setting processing which sets area which detects focusing state based on the designated specific object when the specific object is detected by the object detection unit to a position in the display screen designated by the designation unit, and AF frame setting processing which sets area which detects the focusing state based on correlation of at least two output signals output from the imaging unit at different time to a position in the display screen designated by the designation unit when the specific object is not detected by the object detection unit to a position in the display screen designated by the designation unit.