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Patent No.:

US 12695986 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2024

Image pickup apparatus, focus detecting method, and storage medium

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yumi Takao, Chiba, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Carter, DeLuca & Farrell LLP

Primary Examiner:

Twyler L Haskins

Assistant Examiner:

Akshay undefined Trehan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/67 (2023.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); H04N 13/218 (2018.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/671 (2023.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H04N 13/218 (2018.05); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/672 (2023.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01);
Abstract

An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture an object image formed by an imaging optical system, and to acquire a first pair of signals generated by light beams that have passed areas in an exit pupil that are different from each other and arranged in a first direction and a second pair of signals generated by light beams that have passed areas in the exit pupil that are different each other and arranged in a second direction different from the first direction, and a selector configured to select a direction to be used for focus control of the imaging optical system among the first direction and the second direction.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Takao, Yumi. (2026). Image pickup apparatus, focus detecting method, and storage medium (U.S. Patent No. 12695986). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12695986

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