Focus detection device, focus detection method, and image pickup apparatus
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorKen Utagawa
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Abstract
A focus detection device includes a light receiving element, an image shift detection unit, a movement detection unit, and a focus detection unit. The light receiving element receives a pair of light fluxes passing through different regions of a pupil of an optical system. The image shift detection unit detects an image shift amount caused by the pair of light fluxes, based on outputs of the pair of light fluxes received by the light receiving element. The movement detection unit detects an image movement amount caused by the optical system. The focus detection unit detects the focus adjustment state of the optical system by correcting the shift amount detected by the image shift detection unit, with the image movement amount detected by the movement detection unit.
Claims13
A focus detection device comprising:
- a light receiving element that receives a pair of light fluxes passing through different regions of a pupil of an optical system;
- an image shift detection unit that detects an image shift amount caused by the pair of light fluxes, based on outputs of the pair of light fluxes received by the light receiving element;
- a movement detection unit that detects an image movement amount caused by the optical system;
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- a focus detection unit that detects a focus adjustment state of the optical system by correcting the shift amount detected by the image shift detection unit, by using the image movement amount detected by the movement detection unit.
A focus detection method comprising:
- preparing a light receiving element that receives a pair of light fluxes passing through different regions of a pupil of an optical system;
- detecting a shift amount caused by the pair of light fluxes, based on outputs of the pair of light fluxes received by the light receiving element;
- detecting an image movement amount caused by the optical system;
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- detecting a focus adjustment state of the optical system by correcting the detected shift amount with the detected image movement amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.