Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capturing apparatus and method for controlling the same
- Patent Title (中): 图像捕获装置及其控制方法
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Application No.: US14146341Application Date: 2014-01-02
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Publication No.: US09025074B2Publication Date: 2015-05-05
- Inventor: Takafumi Kishi
- 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: JP2013-000732 20130107
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; H04N9/64 ; H04N5/367 ; H04N5/369

Abstract:
An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image sensor that includes a plurality of pixels, each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements; a readout unit that reads out a signal from a portion of the photoelectric conversion elements of each pixel as a first signal and reads out a sum of signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements of each pixel as an image signal; a generation unit that generates a second signal for each pixel using the image signal and the first signal; and a calculation unit that calculates a moving amount of a focus lens for achieving an in-focus state based on a phase difference between the first signal and the second signal. The calculation unit performs the calculation without using a signal from a defective line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140192249A1 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2014-07-10
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