Image capturing apparatus, storage medium, and image capturing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11711611-B2
Application number	US-202217683810-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2022
Priority date	Mar 2, 2021
Publication date	Jul 25, 2023
Grant date	Jul 25, 2023

Abstract

An image capturing apparatus capable of performing highly-accurate focus detection at a high frame rate with minimal time lag is provided with a focus position detection unit configured to calculate a focus position by using an image via an image capturing optical system, an aberration information acquisition unit configured to acquire aberration information of the image capturing optical system, a color information acquisition unit configured to acquire color information of a subject in a focus detection region, a first correction value calculation unit configured to calculate a first correction value for correcting the focus position based on the aberration information, a second correction value calculation unit configured to calculate a second correction value for correcting the focus position based on the first correction value and the color information, and a correction unit configured to correct the focus position by using the second correction value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image capturing apparatus configured to include at least one processor or circuit configured to function as:
a focus position detection unit configured to calculate a focus position by using an image via an image capturing optical system,
an aberration information acquisition unit configured to acquire aberration information of the image capturing optical system,
a color information acquisition unit configured to acquire color information of a subject in a focus detection region,
a first correction value calculation unit configured to calculate a first correction value for correcting the focus position based on the aberration information,
a second correction value calculation unit configured to calculate a second correction value for correcting the focus position based on the first correction value and the color information; and
a correction unit configured to correct the focus position by using the second correction value.

2. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein a calculation by the first correction value calculation unit starts before the color information is acquired by the color information acquisition unit.

3. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first correction value calculation unit is further configured to switch whether or not to perform a calculation of the first correction value for each color in accordance with the aberration information acquired by the aberration information acquisition unit.

4. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second correction value calculation unit is further configured to switch whether or not to perform a calculation of the second correction value in accordance with the aberration information acquired by the aberration information acquisition unit.

5. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the focus position detection unit detects the focus position based on the image of the frame after the end of the exposure of the image of a predetermined frame, and the first correction value calculation unit calculates the first correction value during exposure of the image of the predetermined frame.

6. An image capturing apparatus configured to include at least one processor or circuit configured to function as:
a focus position detection unit configured to calculate a focus position by using an image of a predetermined frame via an image capturing optical system,
an aberration acquisition unit configured to acquire aberration information of the image capturing optical system,
a color information acquisition unit configured to acquire color information of a subject in a focus detection region of a frame preceding the predetermined frame,
a third correction value unit configured to calculate a third correction value for correcting the focus position based on the aberration information and the color information; and
a correction unit configured to correct the focus position by using the third correction value.

7. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 6 ,
wherein the focus detection region is set by automatically detecting a subject.

8. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 6 ,
wherein the color information acquisition unit divides the image into a plurality of regions and acquires the color information of each of the plurality of regions.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store a computer program to control an image capturing apparatus configured to have:
a focus position detection unit configured to calculate a focus position by using an image via an image capturing optical system,
an aberration information acquisition unit configured to acquire aberration information of the image capturing optical system,
a color information acquisition unit configured to acquire color information of a subject in a focus detection region,
a first correction value calculation unit configured to calculate a first correction value for correcting the focus position based on the aberration information,
a second correction value calculation unit configured to calculate a second correction value for correcting the focus position based on the first correction value and the color information; and
a correction unit configured to correct the focus position by using the second correction value.

10. An image capturing method comprising:
a focus position detection step of calculating a focus position by using an image via an image capturing optical system,
an aberration information acquisition step of acquiring aberration information of the image capturing optical system,
a color information acquisition step of acquiring color information of a subject in a focus detection region,
a first correction value calculation step of calculating a first correction value for correcting the focus position based on the aberration information,
a second correction value calculation step of calculating a second correction value for correcting the focus position based on the first correction value and the color information; and
a correction step of correcting the focus position by using the second correction value.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Ogawa Takeshi

Classifications

• H04N23/675 Primary

  comprising setting of focusing regions · CPC title

• H04N23/672

  based on the phase difference signals · CPC title

• H04N23/80

  Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof · CPC title

• H04N23/673 Primary

  based on contrast or high frequency components of image signals, e.g. hill climbing method · CPC title

• H04N25/61

  the noise originating only from the lens unit, e.g. flare, shading, vignetting or "cos4" · CPC title