Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Imaging apparatus and imaging method that determine whether an object exists in a refocusable range on the basis of distance information and pupil division of photoelectric converters
An imaging apparatus includes an image pickup device having a plurality of photoelectric converters that receive light fluxes from an object that have passed through different pupil areas. A distance information generator detects light from the object and generates distance information regarding a distance of the object. The distance information generator is different from the image pickup device. A determining unit determines whether or not the object exists in a refocusable range in a process to an image signal obtained by an image pickup of the image pickup device, after the image pickup, on the basis of the distance information and a pupil division construction of the plurality of photoelectric converters. A control unit controls the image pickup of the object by the image pickup device in accordance with a result of the determination by the determining unit.
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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H04N H04N
inventional inventional
Yohei Hayato
Horikawa Takahashi