- Patent Title: Imaging apparatus and imaging method with improved focus adjustment
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Application No.: US14252550Application Date: 2014-04-14
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Publication No.: US09641739B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Hideyuki Hamano
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA, Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2013-086625 20130417
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232

Abstract:
An imaging apparatus including an image sensor, an evaluation value calculation unit, and an in-focus position calculation unit. The image sensor performs photoelectric conversion on a subject image formed by an image optical system including a focus adjustment unit. The evaluation value calculation unit calculates a first and a second focus evaluation values with spatial frequency components of first and second frequency bands extracted from image signals output from the image sensor. The second frequency band includes a spatial frequency component higher than the spatial frequency component of the first frequency band. The in-focus position calculation unit defines a position at which a third focus evaluation value reaches its peak value as an in-focus position of the focus adjustment unit. The third focus evaluation value is obtained by calculating a ratio of the first and the second focus evaluation values.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140313398A1 IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD Public/Granted day:2014-10-23
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