Focus detection apparatus, imaging apparatus, and focus detection method

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PATENT NO 11563884
APP PUB NO 20200252551A1
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16751385

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A focus detection apparatus includes a selection unit configured to select as the focus detection area a first focus detection area and a second focus detection area including the first focus detection area and its periphery, and an information acquiring unit configured to acquire first information on whether or not the object moving within the imaging screen can be continuously captured in the first focus detection area. The selection unit selects the first focus detection area when the first information indicates that the object can be continuously captured in the first focus detection area, and the selection unit selects the second focus detection area when the first information indicates that the object cannot be continuously captured.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA30-2 SHIMOMARUKO 3-CHOME OHTA-KU TOKYO 1468501 ?1468501

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Hirose, Minoru Kawasaki, JP 42 1529

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