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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kenta Koiwai, Tochigi, JP;
Masayasu Mizushima, Tochigi, JP;
Yuichiro Kato, Tochigi, JP;
Takeo Mori, Tochigi, JP;
Akino Moriyoshi, Tochigi, JP;
Toshimune Nagano, Saitama, JP;
Toru Matsumoto, Tochigi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus is provided for a camera system that includes an image pickup apparatus including an image sensor and a lens apparatus including an optical system that includes at least one optical member for changing at least one of a tilt effect of tilting a focal plane relative to an imaging plane of the image sensor and a shift effect of moving an imaging range. The control apparatus includes at least one memory that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to acquire information on an optical state of the optical system, and correct defocus caused by movement of the at least one optical member using the information on the optical state of the optical system.