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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Mineo Uchida, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit including a plurality of pixels each including a first photoelectric conversion unit, a second photoelectric conversion unit, and a microlens collecting light to the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit, and a first mixing unit configured to mix output signals from the first photoelectric conversion units of the plurality of pixels to generate a first signal and configured to output the first signal and a second signal based on the output signal from the first photoelectric conversion unit and an output signal from the second photoelectric conversion unit from each of the plurality of pixels, an image processing unit configured to generate an image based or the second signal, and a focus detection processing unit configured to perform focus detection based on the first signal and the second signal.