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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
May. 18, 2009
Masaomi Kanayama, Saitama, JP;
Masaomi Kanayama, Saitama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image pickup system includes a lens apparatus () and a camera () configured to perform image pickup of objects in an image pickup area using the lens apparatus. The lens apparatus includes a ranging sensor () configured to simultaneously detect object distances in plural ranging areas set in the image pickup area. The image pickup system includes an output image generator () configured to generate an output image containing (a) a captured image captured by the camera and (b) distance information showing at least one of the object distance detected by the ranging sensor in each of the plural ranging areas and a difference between the detected object distances. The image pickup system is capable of displaying the object distances to plural objects or a difference therebetween without performing focusing for the respective objects.