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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2010
Masahiro Kawarada, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kawarada, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus a cameraincludes an image pickup elementincluding a plurality of imaging pixelswhich perform a photoelectric conversion of an image formed by a light beam from an image pickup optical system and a plurality of focus detection pixelswhich perform a photoelectric conversion of an image formed by a divided light beam of the light beam, a focus detectorwhich performs a focus detection of the image pickup optical system based on an output of the focus detection pixels, an aperture controllerwhich performs a control so that an aperture value of the image pickup optical system is equal to or less than a predetermined value when the focus detectorperform the focus detection, and an exposure controllerwhich adjusts an exposure condition in accordance with the aperture value controlled by the aperture controller
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