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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2008
Ken Utagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Ken Utagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A focus detection device for an image forming optical system includes a micro-lens array constituted with a plurality of two-dimensionally arrayed micro-lenses, a light-receiving element array that includes a plurality of light-receiving element s receiving a light flux from the image forming optical system via the micro-lenses, the plurality of light-receiving elements being disposed in correspondence to each micro-lens, and a focus detection unit that generates image data representing an image formed by the image forming optical system and a focus detection signal, which corresponds to a focus adjustment state at the image forming optical system, based upon signals output from the light-receiving elements at the light-receiving element array, and that detects the focus adjustment state at the image forming optical system based upon the image data and the focus detection signal.