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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G03B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/293 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G02B 6/29334 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10052 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus () capable of generating a plurality of output images having different focus positions by reconstructing an input image, the image pickup apparatus includes an input image obtaining unit () configured to obtain the input image, an image processing unit () configured to generate a display image from the input image, and a display unit () configured to display the display image, and the image processing unit () obtains a focus control range in which a focus position is controllable, and generates the display image including information on the focus control range by using at least a part of the input image.