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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
May. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masaaki Kano, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); G02B 7/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); G02B 7/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging device including an imaging element configured to output an image pickup signal and a parallax image signal is provided. The imaging device selects a subject area on the basis of the image pickup signal and performs a control to read the parallax image signal from a reading area of the imaging element corresponding to the selected subject area. In this control, the imaging device selects a subject area on the basis of a result of comparing the number of lines configuring the reading area corresponding to the subject area and a threshold value.