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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2009
Masaomi Kanayama, Saitama, JP;
Masaomi Kanayama, Saitama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
An image taking system includes a lens apparatusand a camerawhich performs a shooting using the lens apparatus. The system comprises a distance calculatorwhich calculates an object distance in each of a plurality of ranging areastoprovided in an image-taking range, a distance information generatorwhich generates distance information indicating at least one of the object distance calculated by the distance calculator and a difference between the object distances, an extractorwhich extracts, out of the plurality of ranging areas, a ranging area where the object distance calculated by the distance calculator is in a first range A, and an output image generatorwhich generates an output image including a shot image generated by the camera and the distance information corresponding to the ranging area extracted by the extractor.