Image capturing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium
US11375101B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 1, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20224
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus capable of focus detection includes a sensor including a plurality of pixels, the sensor being capable of changing an accumulation time of the pixels for each of a plurality of regions including the plurality of pixels, an accumulation control unit that, in accordance with a state or a setting of the image capturing apparatus, changes accumulation control of the pixels for each of the plurality of regions, and a defocus computation unit that calculates a defocus amount using signals from the pixels for which accumulation has been controlled by the accumulation control unit.
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