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Patent No.:

US 9736410 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2014

Image pickup apparatus capable of selectively using one of correction values to correct image signals, image pickup system, signal processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Mineo Uchida, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Dennis Hogue

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/365 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 5/3651 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup element including a plurality of pixels corresponding to a plurality of respective micro lenses and the first photoelectric conversion portion and the second photoelectric conversion portion that are included in each of the pixels and share a corresponding one of the micro lenses, and a signal processing unit configured to correct an addition signal of outputs from the first photoelectric conversion portion and the second photoelectric conversion portion included in each of the pixels and a first signal generated from a plurality of signals of the first photoelectric conversion portions corresponding to the micro lenses, and the signal processing unit corrects the addition signal for each of the pixels and corrects the first signal for the first photoelectric conversion portions.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Uchida, Mineo. (2017). Image pickup apparatus capable of selectively using one of correction values to correct image signals, image pickup system, signal processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium (U.S. Patent No. 9736410). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9736410

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