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Patent No.:

US 9973679 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2016
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Koji Inoue, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control apparatus includes a determiner () configured to determine a focus direction based on a refocus signal generated from a first pixel signal and a second pixel signal, and a focus detector () configured to perform a focus detection by a phase difference detection method based on the first and second pixel signals obtained after driving a lens in the focus direction.


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Inoue, Koji. (2018). Control apparatus, image pickup apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium (U.S. Patent No. 9973679). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9973679

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