公开(公告)号：US20200077030A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-05

申请号：US16493632

申请日：2018-02-07

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： YUKI ASUKABE ,  TOMOYUKI MINAMI

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/238 ,  G02B7/34

Abstract: An imaging unit 31 is configured with use of an imaging element including an image output pixel and a phase difference detection pixel. A control unit 50 performs focus control based on image-plane phase difference information obtained using the phase difference detection pixel over a predetermined period, generates focus state change information indicating whether or not a change in a focus state is a monotonous change, and continues the focus control based on the image-plane phase difference information on the assumption of a large blur state in a case where the focus state change information indicates that a change in the focus state is a monotonous change. Furthermore, the control unit switches from the image-plane phase difference auto-focus operation to an auto-focus operation of, for example, a contrast method, on the assumption of a low-contrast state in a case where a change in the focus state is not a monotonous change. It becomes possible to perform a high-speed and high-quality auto-focus operation.

公开(公告)号：US20190028653A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US16069775

申请日：2017-02-01

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： TOMOYUKI MINAMI ,  SHUNSUKE YAJIMA ,  YOSHITAKA MIYATANI

IPC: H04N5/232

Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus including a focus detection control unit that sets a density of a focus detection point in a partial region specified, to be higher than a density of a focus detection point in a region excluding the partial region.