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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiyuki Okubo, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/365 (2011.01); G02B 7/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G02B 7/365 (2013.01); H04N 5/365 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprising an image forming pixel and a focus detection pixel arranged on a portion of the image forming pixel, an image sensor that converts a subject image formed by an imaging lens into an image signal, and a control unit that switches between a first mode in which, after the image sensor has been exposed, pixels of the image sensor are sequentially read out in an order in which the pixels are arranged, and a second mode in which a signal from the focus detection pixel and a signal from peripheral pixels are read out first.