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US 2010/0165176 A1Published application
Image sensing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHidenori Taniguchi
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Abstract
An image sensing apparatus comprises an image sensor having a pair of focus detection pixel groups and a plurality of image sensing pixels, and a control unit that, in a thinning readout mode that reads out signal charges from a portion of pixels disposed within a part of pixels of the image sensor, controls so that at least the pair of focus detection pixel groups are included in the part of the pixels from which signal charges are read out.
Claims4
An image sensing apparatus comprising:
- an image sensor having a pair of focus detection pixel groups and a plurality of image sensing pixels;
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- a control unit that, in a thinning readout mode that reads out signal charges from a portion of pixels disposed within a part of pixels of the image sensor, controls so that at least the pair of focus detection pixel groups are included in the part of the pixels from which signal charges are read out.
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