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Title:
焦点検出装置及び方法、及び撮像装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6426890
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A focus detection apparatus comprises: an image sensing unit including photoelectric conversion elements for each microlens, with the microlenses being two-dimensionally arranged; a generation unit configured to generate a first signal pair having a first resolution from signals of a first area of the image sensing unit which corresponds to a predetermined focus detection area and generate a second signal pair having a second resolution lower than the first resolution from signals of a second area which corresponds to the predetermined focus detection area and is wider than the first area; a focus detection unit configured to perform phase difference focus detection processing based on at least one of the first and second signal pairs; and a recording image generation unit configured to generate a recording image from a signal output from the image sensing unit.

Inventors:
Takeuchi Kengo
Application Number:
JP2013228755A
Publication Date:
November 21, 2018
Filing Date:
November 01, 2013
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Assignee:
Canon Inc
International Classes:
G02B7/34; G02B7/28; G03B13/36; H04N5/232
Domestic Patent References:
JP2007279312A
JP2011081271A
JP2011257444A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasunori Otsuka
Shiro Takayanagi
Yasuhiro Otsuka
Shuji Kimura
Osamu Shimoyama
Nagakawa Yukimitsu