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Patent No.:

US 12689826 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2024

Image pickup apparatus, its control method, and storage medium

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Masahiro Kawarada, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Marly S Camargo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/67 (2023.01); G06T 7/571 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/672 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/64 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01);
Abstract

An image pickup apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture an object image formed by each of a first optical system and a second optical system arranged in parallel with the first optical system, the first optical system and the second optical system being included in a compound-eye optical system, and a processor configured to detect a defocus amount of each of the first optical system and the second optical system regarding the object image, and evaluate an imaging state regarding the object image by setting a first reference value that is used to determine an in-focus state of the first optical system and a second reference value that is used to determine an in-focus state of the second optical system according to the imaging state.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kawarada, Masahiro. (2026). Image pickup apparatus, its control method, and storage medium (U.S. Patent No. 12689826). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12689826

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