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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyokatsu Ikemoto, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a depth detection apparatus for detecting depth information from a first and a second image based on a light flux passing through different pupil regions, the apparatus including an image generator that generates a third and a fourth image by subjecting the first and the second image to a filter, a depth detector that detects depth information from a relative positional shift amount between the third and the fourth image, a representative value acquirer that acquires a representative value of spatial frequencies of the third or the fourth image from a frequency characteristic of the filter, and a confidence determiner that determines confidence for the depth information from the representative value. The confidence is determined as a value representing higher confidence as the representative value is greater.