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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuta Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Tomokuni Hirosawa, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus capable of focus detection includes a sensor including a plurality of pixels, the sensor being capable of changing an accumulation time of the pixels for each of a plurality of regions including the plurality of pixels, an accumulation control unit that, in accordance with a state or a setting of the image capturing apparatus, changes accumulation control of the pixels for each of the plurality of regions, and a defocus computation unit that calculates a defocus amount using signals from the pixels for which accumulation has been controlled by the accumulation control unit.
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