Automatic focusing device

摘要

This invention relates to an automatic focusing device, particular capable of foreseeing the position of an object after a predetermined future time based on the results of a plurality of past focusing operations, thus enabling the focusing to the object. An automatic focusing device is provided which executes calculations for the abovementioned foreseeing after the execution of a predetermined number of focusing operations. However, if a focused state is identified in a focusing operation in the course of the execution of the predetermined number of focusing operations, the device is adapted to disregard the first-mentioned focusing operation as if it had not been conducted and to exclude the first-mentioned focusing operation from the counting of the predetermined number of focusing operations.