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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2016
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 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/367 (2011.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/367 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensorin which at least part of pixels arranged in two dimensions are configured as focus detection pixels with divided-pupil, a memory control circuitconfigured to read out from a memory position information for the focus detection pixelsstored in the memory, and a correction circuitconfigured to identify positions of the focus detection pixelsin the image sensorbased on the position information for the focus detection pixelsand to correct a defective focus detection pixel signal using defect-free focus detection pixel signals.