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Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hiroyuki Furumochi, Musashimurayama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/672 (2023.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01);
Abstract

An image sensor outputs captured image data by discriminating whether to add a result of an imaging plane phase difference AF calculation to a top of the captured image data or whether to add the result to an end of the captured image data, thus reducing a time lag between exposure and focus position movement.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Furumochi, Hiroyuki. (2023). Image sensor and imaging apparatus for performing focus detection by detecting a phase difference based on an image signal (U.S. Patent No. 11843859). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11843859

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