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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Kano, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image processing apparatus includes an image producer to produce a captured image by using outputs from multiple photoelectric converters in an image sensor, a phase difference information acquirer to acquire phase difference information by using outputs from multiple specific photoelectric converters, and an object detector to detect an object, a size detector to detect an image size of the detected object. The object detector is capable of detecting a first object and a second object that is a part of the first object. The selector selects, when the image size of the first object is smaller than a predetermined size, the specific photoelectric converters depending on an area including the first object and selects, when the image size of the first object is larger than the predetermined size, the specific photoelectric converters depending on an area including the second object.