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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyokatsu Ikemoto, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a ranging apparatus or the like capable of high-accuracy ranging. The image sensor, comprising multiple pixels, wherein the pixels comprises a ranging pixel including a light collecting member, a waveguide, and first and second photoelectric conversion units, wherein: the first and second units are arranged along a first direction; when a region decentered from a center of pupil in a second direction opposite to the first direction is a first pupil region, a region decentered in the first direction is a second pupil region, a region located in the second direction is a first region, and a region located in the first direction is a second region, the collecting member collects lights passed through the first and second pupil regions to the second and first regions; and the waveguide guides lights collected in the second and first regions toward the first and second units.