Patent ID: 8300112

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus comprising: an object detection unit which detects an object from image signals generated based on output signals from an image sensor; a selection unit which selects one object position as an object position to be focused from plurality of object positions detected in one image signal by said object detection unit, said selection unit making a display unit, which displays images using the image signals, display a marker based on the selected object position; and a change member which makes said selection unit select an object position which is different from the object position selected by said selection unit, wherein in a case that a plurality of object positions are detected by said object detection unit when an instruction to move a position of the marker is issued by said change member, said selection unit newly selects an object position, which is nearest to a previous position of the object previously detected from a previous image and corresponding to the marker currently displayed on the display unit, from the plurality of object positions which are detected by said object detection unit and satisfy a predetermined condition, wherein the predetermined condition includes a status that the plurality of object positions are away from the previous position of the object by a predetermined distance, and said selection unit makes said display unit display the marker based on the newly selected object position.