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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image sensor for generating an image signal from an object image formed by an imaging optical system; a tilt control unit configured to execute tilt control of tilting the image sensor with respect to a principal surface of the imaging optical system; a deriving unit configured to derive, by a phase difference detection pixel included in the image sensor, a defocus amount with respect to an object image at a position of the phase difference detection pixel; and a control unit configured to control to execute the tilt control by the tilt control unit in deriving the defocus amount by the deriving unit, and to derive, by the deriving unit, a defocus amount based on an object image obtained while executing the tilt control.