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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2016
Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Tetsuya Toyoda, Hachioji, JP;

Assignee:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/365 (2011.01); H04N 9/07 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3653 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 9/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging device comprising: an image sensor includes a first focus detection pixel being arranged at a position corresponding to a first color filter of the imaging pixel, and a second focus detection pixel being arranged at a position corresponding to a second color filter, a read-out section mixes a plurality of pixel signals including the output of the first focus detection pixel and reads out a first mixed pixel output, in mixing and reading out the outputs of the imaging pixels corresponding to the first color filter, while the read-out section mixes a plurality of pixel signals without including the output of the second focus detection pixel and reads out a second mixed pixel output, in mixing and reading out the outputs of the imaging pixels corresponding to the second color filter.


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