Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof

摘要

An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object via an optical system, a display unit configured to display the image captured by the image capturing unit on a screen, a detection unit configured to simultaneously detect a plurality of touch positions on the screen on which the image is displayed, and a control unit configured to adjust a focus state in accordance with a change in a distance between a first detected touch position and a second detected touch position, so as to change a focus area.

主权项

1. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
an image sensor configured to capture continuous video images of an object via an optical system; a display unit configured to display the images captured by said image sensor on a screen, the displayed images having a current auto-focusing target position; a touch panel configured to simultaneously detect a first touch position and a second touch position having a distance from the first touch position on the screen on which the images are displayed, the first touch position being the current auto-focusing target position of the images and the second touch position being a new auto-focusing target position of the images; and a processor configured to gradually adjust the in-focus position of the images from the current auto-focusing target position to the new auto-focusing target position in accordance with a reduction in the distance between the first touch position and the second touch position.