Solid-state image sensing element and image sensing apparatus for detecting a focus state of a photographing lens
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04N-005/225
H01L-027/146
H04N-009/04
G02B-005/00
H04N-005/369
H04N-005/232
G02B-005/20
G02B-007/34
G02B-003/00
출원번호
US-0119336
(2009-11-11)
등록번호
US-8913175
(2014-12-16)
우선권정보
JP-2008-302906 (2008-11-27)
국제출원번호
PCT/JP2009/069514
(2009-11-11)
§371/§102 date
20110316
(20110316)
국제공개번호
WO2010/061756
(2010-06-03)
발명자
/ 주소
Nagano, Akihiko
Onuki, Ichiro
Takamiya, Makoto
Oikawa, Makoto
Hashimoto, Yoshitaka
Kajimura, Fumihiro
Suda, Yasuo
출원인 / 주소
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
대리인 / 주소
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
3인용 특허 :
6
초록▼
An image sensor that output a signal for detecting a focus state of a photographing lens. The image sensor includes a microlens; a light-receiving pixel; a first focus state detection pixel pair for outputting a focus state detection signal, in which aperture areas of the first focus state detection
An image sensor that output a signal for detecting a focus state of a photographing lens. The image sensor includes a microlens; a light-receiving pixel; a first focus state detection pixel pair for outputting a focus state detection signal, in which aperture areas of the first focus state detection pixel pair are small in comparison to the light-receiving pixel; and a second focus state detection pixel pair for outputting a focus state detection signal, in which aperture areas of the second focus state detection pixel pair are small in comparison to the light-receiving pixel, wherein the second focus state detection pixel pair is arranged at a position that is shifted by a predetermined amount relative to each aperture position, with respect to the microlens of the first focus state detection pixel pair.
대표청구항▼
1. An image sensing element that outputs signals of images for performing a correlation calculation to detect a focus state of a photographing lens, the image sensing element comprising: a first pixel line configured to include a first plurality of focus state detection pixels, each of the first plu
1. An image sensing element that outputs signals of images for performing a correlation calculation to detect a focus state of a photographing lens, the image sensing element comprising: a first pixel line configured to include a first plurality of focus state detection pixels, each of the first plurality of focus state detection pixels having a separate aperture shifted by a first amount from a center of each pixel, arranged in a direction of the shift;a second pixel line configured to include a second plurality of focus state detection pixels, each of the second plurality of focus state detection pixels having a separate aperture shifted by a second amount in each pixel with respect to a position, in each pixel, of the aperture of a corresponding one of the first plurality of focus state detection pixels, arranged in the direction of the shift;a third pixel line configured to include a third plurality of focus state detection pixels, each of the third plurality of focus state detection pixels having a separate aperture shifted by a third amount in each pixel with respect to the position, in each pixel, of the aperture of a corresponding one of the first plurality of focus state detection pixels, arranged in the direction of the shift; anda fourth pixel line configured to include a fourth plurality of focus state detection pixels, each of the fourth plurality of focus state detection pixels having a separate aperture shifted by a fourth amount in each pixel with respect to a position, in each pixel, of the aperture of a corresponding one of the second plurality of focus state detection pixels, arranged in the direction of the shift,wherein the first plurality of focus state detection pixels and the second plurality of focus state detection pixels form images, respectively, which are used for the correlation calculation,wherein the third plurality of focus state detection pixels and the fourth plurality of focus state detection pixels form images, respectively, which are used for the correlation calculation, andwherein the first, second, and third amounts, or the first, second, and fourth amounts are different from one another. 2. The image sensing element according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of first focus state detection pixels and the plurality of second focus state detection pixels are covered by light shielding members having the plurality of apertures of the first plurality of focus state detection pixels and the plurality of apertures of the second plurality of focus state detection pixels at positions that respectively allow a plurality of light beams to pass through. 3. The image sensing element according to claim 1, further comprising: a fifth pixel line configured to include a fifth plurality of focus state detection pixels, each of the fifth plurality of focus state detection pixels having a separate aperture shifted by a fifth amount in each pixel with respect to the position, in each pixel, of the aperture of a corresponding one of the first plurality of focus state detection pixels, arranged in the direction of the shift; anda sixth pixel line configured to include a sixth plurality of focus state detection pixels, each of the sixth plurality of focus state detection pixels having a separate aperture shifted by a sixth amount in each pixel with respect to the position, in each pixel, of the aperture of a corresponding one of the second plurality of focus state detection pixels, arranged in the direction of the shift,wherein the fifth plurality of focus state detection pixels and the sixth plurality of focus state detection pixels form images, respectively, which are used for the correlation calculation, and receive light beams passed through third pupil areas, which are shifted by a predetermined amount from first pupil areas that transmit a pair of light beams that the first focus state detection pixels receive, and which are different from second pupil areas that transmit a pair of light beams that the second focus state detection pixels receive, andwherein the first pupil areas and the second pupil areas are arranged at symmetric positions with respect to the third pupil areas. 4. The image sensing element according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second pluralities of apertures of the first plurality of focus state detection pixels and the second plurality of focus state detection pixels has, in each pixel of the first and second focus state detection pixels, a light shielding layer that prevents transmittance of a part of light to a photoelectric converter. 5. The image sensing element according to claim 1, wherein the image sensing element is provided on an image forming plane of a photographing lens, andwherein the image sensing element is incorporated in an image sensing apparatus that includes: a calculator configured to, based on positions of light-receiving areas of the first and second focus state detection pixel pairs in the respective pixels, positions of the first and second focus state detection pixel pairs in the image sensing element, and information on the photographing lens: calculate a first ratio of an area on a first pupil of the photographing lens corresponding to the aperture of each of the first plurality of focus state detection pixels to an area on a second pupil of the photographing lens corresponding to the aperture of each of the second plurality of focus state detection pixels, andcalculate a second ratio of an area on a third pupil of the photographing lens corresponding to the aperture of each of the third plurality of focus state detection pixels to an area on a fourth pupil of the photographing lens corresponding to the aperture of each of the fourth plurality of focus state detection pixels;a detector configured to detect a focus state using a signal that is output from a focus state detection pixel pair for which the first or second ratio calculated by the calculation unit is within a predetermined range; anda controller configured to control the photographing lens based on the focus state that is detected by the detector. 6. The image sensing element according to claim 1, wherein the third and fourth amounts are the same. 7. The image sensing element according to claim 3, wherein the fifth and sixth amounts are the same.
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Utagawa Ken (Kawasaki JPX) Hoshino ; deceased Kunihisa (late of Tokyo JPX by Chie Hoshino ; legal representative), Camera system with vignetting calculation and memory means.
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