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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotaro Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, and a processor that configured to detect a phase difference between a pair of detection signals generated by signals read out of at least a part of pixels, perform a first detection for detecting the phase difference in the first direction and a second detection for detecting the phase difference in the second direction, perform first processing for acquiring the information by the first detection or the second detection in a case where a shutter speed including a period during which the pair of detection signals are generated is longer than a predetermined time, perform second processing for acquiring the information by the first detection irrespective of the second detection in a case where the shutter speed is shorter than the predetermined time, and set the predetermined time to be longer as an F-number of the optical system is larger.