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Patent No.:

US 12114069 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2022

Image sensor having pupil-division fuction configured to output phase-difference signals in horizontal and vertical directions from different pixel groups and image capturing apparatus

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Daiki Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Tomonaga Iwahara, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Nicholas G Giles

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 25/767 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/672 (2023.01); H04N 25/767 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01);
Abstract

An image sensor comprises a pixel array in which pixels are arranged in a matrix form, and phase-difference signals in a horizontal direction are output from a first pixel group of the pixel array via a first signal output line, and phase-difference signals in a vertical direction are output from a second pixel group, which is different from the first pixel group of the pixel array, via a second signal output line, and number of pixels of the phase-difference signals in the horizontal direction output via the first signal output line and number of pixels of the phase-difference signals in the vertical direction output via the second signal output line are different.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Yamamoto, Daiki. (2024). Image sensor having pupil-division fuction configured to output phase-difference signals in horizontal and vertical directions from different pixel groups and image capturing apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 12114069). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12114069

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