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A camera which can focus on one or more of multiple focus detection areas and which allows a photographer to change the focus to a new focus detection area by voicing a reference code corresponding to the new focus detection area. The camera includes a voice recognition mechanism which recognizes a

A camera which can focus on one or more of multiple focus detection areas and which allows a photographer to change the focus to a new focus detection area by voicing a reference code corresponding to the new focus detection area. The camera includes a voice recognition mechanism which recognizes a voice of a photographer, a selection mechanism which selects at least one focus detection area from the multiple focus detection areas in correspondence to a voice recognized by the voice recognition mechanism and a focus mechanism which detects and adjusts respective focus conditions corresponding to the focus detection areas selected by the selection mechanism.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A camera which can detect multiple focus conditions corresponding, respectively, to multiple focus detection areas, the camera comprising:a calibration mechanism which creates a database of frequencies corresponding to the voice of a respective photographer;a voice recogn

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A camera which can detect multiple focus conditions corresponding, respectively, to multiple focus detection areas, the camera comprising:a calibration mechanism which creates a database of frequencies corresponding to the voice of a respective photographer;a voice recognition mechanism which uses the database of frequencies created by the calibration mechanism to recognize the voice of the respective photographer from other voices;a selection mechanism which selects, when the voice recognition mechanism recognizes the voice, at least one focus detection area from the multiple focus detection areas, the selection being made in correspondence to the voice;a focus mechanism which detects and adjusts respective focus conditions corresponding to the at least one focus detection area selected by the selection mechanism; anda display device which includes a viewfinder display with area display portions corresponding, respectively, to the multiple focus detection areas, the display device displaying the respective at least one focus detection areas selected by the selection mechanism on the corresponding area display portions,wherein, when creating the database of frequencies, the calibration mechanism sequentially determines each focus detection area which can be selected by the selection mechanism and the display device displays each sequentially determined focus detection area after the respective focus detection area is determined and before the next sequential focus detection area is determined.