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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoyuki Shiozaki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 13/243 (2018.01); G03B 35/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/243 (2018.05); G03B 35/08 (2013.01); H04N 5/23203 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging system for capturing images of the same object using a plurality of image capturing apparatuses that can communicate with each other is provided. At least one image capturing apparatus of the image capturing apparatuses transmits information of a distance to an in-focus position, or a captured image including the in-focus position, to another image capturing apparatus among the image capturing apparatuses, and each of the image capturing apparatuses determines each depth of field using the information of the distance to the in-focus position, or the captured image including the in-focus position.