Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Focus detection apparatus and focus detection method
- Patent Title (中): 焦点检测装置和焦点检测方法
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Application No.: US12397940Application Date: 2009-03-04
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Publication No.: US08111981B2Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Takashi Ichimiya , Masanori Ohtsuka
- Applicant: Takashi Ichimiya , Masanori Ohtsuka
- 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: JP2004-374766 20041224; JP2005-031277 20050208
- Main IPC: G03B3/00
- IPC: G03B3/00 ; G03B13/00

Abstract:
This invention includes accumulation units (102a, 102b) which accumulate signals obtained by sensing units (111a, 111b), an area determination unit (103, 100) which sets the size of an area of a sensing unit to be segmented into a plurality of areas on the basis of the information of a lens to be focus-detected, accumulation control units (104a-104c, 105) which control, for each of the areas, accumulation of signals obtained in a plurality of areas by the accumulation units, and a defocus detection unit (100) which detects defocus states in the respective areas from accumulated signals from a plurality of areas.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090238551A1 Focus Detection Apparatus and Focus Detection Method Public/Granted day:2009-09-24
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