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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMakiko Saito
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An image pickup apparatus capable of generating image signals for viewing images shot in a composition (vertical or horizontal) intended by a photographer as a three-dimensional image. The apparatus has an image pickup device for converting an optical image to a picked-up image signal as an electric signal. The device includes a plurality of unit pixels, each of which has a plurality of photo diodes for converting the optical image to the picked-up image signal. When an image pickup operation is performed, a posture of the image pickup apparatus is determined, and the plurality of photo diodes in each unit pixel are grouped into a plurality of photo diode groups according to a result of the determination. A plurality of image signals are generated from picked-up image signals output from the photo diode groups, respectively.
An image pickup apparatus that has an image pickup device for converting an optical image to an electric signal, the image pickup device including a plurality of unit pixels, each of which has a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, comprising:
A method of controlling an image pickup apparatus that has an image pickup device for converting an optical image to an electric signal, the image pickup device including a plurality of unit pixels, each of which has a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program for causing a computer included in an image pickup apparatus to execute a method of controlling the image pickup apparatus that has an image pickup device for converting an optical image to an electric signal, the image pickup device including a plurality of unit pixels, each of which has a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, wherein the method comprises:
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