Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Focus detection apparatus and control method therefor
- Patent Title (中): 焦点检测装置及其控制方法
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Application No.: US13126839Application Date: 2009-11-09
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Publication No.: US08576329B2Publication Date: 2013-11-05
- Inventor: Makoto Takamiya
- Applicant: Makoto Takamiya
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt LLP
- Priority: JP2008-289171 20081111; JP2009-244890 20091023
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/069410 WO 20091109
- International Announcement: WO2010/055931 WO 20100520
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225

Abstract:
A focus detection apparatus includes an image sensor including pixels for focus detection for receiving a pair of respective light beams transmitted through different pupil areas of a photographing lens to output a pair of signals; an acquisition unit for acquiring exit window information on the photographing lens; an arithmetic circuit for calculating a tilt for detection area in the detecting position, depending on an image height for a detecting position in which a focus state is detected and on the exit window information; and a calculation unit for calculating the shape of the detection area depending on the calculated tilt, in which the defocus amount is detected on the basis of a phase difference between the pair of signals obtained from pixels for focus detection included in the calculated detection area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110199506A1 FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2011-08-18
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