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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2008
Applicants:
Yoshinori Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinobu Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshinori Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinobu Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensor on which image sensing pixels (R, G, B) and focus detecting pixels (S, S) are arrayed. The image sensor has first lines in each of which N (N is an integer equal to or more than 2) focus detecting pixels (S, S) are arranged, and second lines in each of which M (M is a natural number less than N) focus detecting pixels (S, S) are arranged. The first lines and the second lines are arranged periodically.