Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device that performs focus detection based on signals output from first pixels or second pixels of an image sensor
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Application No.: US18414695Application Date: 2024-01-17
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Publication No.: US12301987B2Publication Date: 2025-05-13
- Inventor: Sinsuke Sambongi , Akira Kinoshita , Yuki Kita
- Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2018-137274 20180720
- Main IPC: H04N23/67
- IPC: H04N23/67 ; G03B13/36 ; G03B17/14 ; H04N23/55 ; H04N25/42 ; H04N25/704

Abstract:
A focus detection device includes: an imaging unit having a first and second pixel each of which receives light transmitted through an optical system and outputs signal used for focus detection, and a third pixel which receives light transmitted through the optical system and outputs signal used for image generation; an input unit to which information regarding the optical system is input; a selection unit that selects one of the first and second pixel based on the information to the input unit; a readout unit that reads out the signal from one of the first and second pixel based on a selection result at a timing different from reading out the signal from the third pixel to be read out; and a focus detection unit that performs the focus detection based on at least one of the signals of the first and second pixel read out by the readout unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240155230A1 FOCUS DETECTION DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND INTERCHANGEABLE LENS Public/Granted day:2024-05-09
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