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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yosuke Mine, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/351 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232122 (2018.08); H04N 5/351 (2013.01); H04N 5/36961 (2018.08);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes an area sensor on which photoelectric conversion elements are arranged two-dimensionally, and that includes a plurality of regions, a reading unit for reading, from the area sensor, signals photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion elements, a focus detection unit for performing focus detection using the signals read by the reading unit, and a control unit for performing control as to from which region of the plurality of regions the reading unit preferentially reads the signals of the photoelectric conversion elements.