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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazunori Takayama, Hachioji, JP;
Toshihiro Mochizuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus reads out a signal from pixels of an image sensor, sets a region in which a plurality of signals having different viewpoints are read out from each pixel of the image sensor, acquires first depth information for detecting an object using a signal read out from a first signal readout region, acquires evaluation information for detecting a focus state of an object using a read signal, and controls a signal readout amount of the first signal readout region based on the focus state determined based on the evaluation information.