Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Focus detection apparatus and method
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Application No.: US16192903Application Date: 2018-11-16
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Publication No.: US10863078B2Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Nobuhiro Shibata
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JP2017-224852 20171122
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; H04N5/235

Abstract:
A focus detection apparatus comprising: a setting unit that selects and sets one of a plurality of predetermined focus detection areas which include a first focus detection area and a second focus detection area located in a periphery of a screen in an image shooting mode for shooting the moon; a first calculation unit that calculates an in-focus position in the first focus detection area based on a phase difference between a pair of focus detection signals having a parallax output from an image sensor; and a second calculation unit that calculates an in-focus position in the second focus detection area based on contrast of image signals output from the image sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190158760A1 FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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