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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiki Saji, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichiro Kato, Tochigi, JP;
Masayasu Mizushima, Tochigi, JP;
Akino Moriyoshi, Tochigi, JP;
Toshimune Nagano, Saitama, JP;
Toru Matsumoto, Tochigi, JP;
Takami Hirasawa, Tochigi, JP;
Hiroki Osaka, Tochigi, JP;
Takeo Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Matsuba, Tochigi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to acquire first information on a position of a first optical member configured to obtain a tilt effect of tilting a focal plane relative to an imaging surface of an image sensor, and second information on an aperture diameter in a diaphragm unit configured to adjust a light amount, and control a second optical member configured to change an incident ray angle on the image sensor, by changing a control mode of the second optical member according to the first information and the second information.