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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
May. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazunari Kitani, Yokohama, JP;
Minoru Hirose, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/345 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/3456 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises an imaging unit that includes imaging pixels that are arranged in a two-dimensional array and focus detection pixels arranged in part of the array of the imaging pixels, and a control unit that controls to read out pixel signals of imaging lines including the imaging pixels each configured to output a signal used for image generation, and pixel signals of focus detection lines including the focus detection pixels, wherein the control unit changes one of a thinning method and an addition method between the imaging lines and the focus detection lines.