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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2014
Olympus Corporation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Matsunaga, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit and an image processing unit. The image capturing unit captures a subject by an image sensor including focus detection pixels. The image processing unit includes a correction range determination unit configured to determine a range of a correction coefficient based on an optical condition of a photographing optical system, and a correction coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate the correction coefficient based on pixel data of a pixel positioned near the focus detection pixel, and a pixel correction unit configured to correct the pixel data of the focus detection pixel based on the correction coefficient and the range.