IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An image capture apparatus comprising:
- an image sensor that includes a plurality of first pixel portions and a plurality of second pixel portions whose output signals can be used to perform a correlation operation;
a memory storing information that corresponds to a defective pixel portion among the second pixel portions;
a first signal processing unit that, in a case of a first photographing condition, performs correction processing on output signals from the first pixel portions using output signals from the second pixel portions, and in a case of a second photographing condition, does not perform correction processing on output signals from the first pixel portions using output signals from the second pixel portions; and
a second signal processing unit that performs image processing on a signal resulting from the correction processing performed by the first signal processing unit or a signal that was not subjected to the correction processing by the first signal processing unit, and records a signal resulting from the image processing.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an image capture apparatus comprising an image sensor that includes a plurality of first pixel portions and a plurality of second pixel portions whose output signals can be used to perform a correlation operation. In a case of a first photographing condition, the apparatus performs correction processing on output signals from the first pixel portions using output signals from the second pixel portions, and in a case of a second photographing condition, does not perform correction processing on output signals from the first pixel portions using output signals from the second pixel portions. The apparatus also performs image processing on a signal resulting from the correction processing or a signal that was not subjected to the correction processing, and records a signal resulting from the image processing.
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1. An image capture apparatus comprising:
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an image sensor that includes a plurality of first pixel portions and a plurality of second pixel portions whose output signals can be used to perform a correlation operation; a memory storing information that corresponds to a defective pixel portion among the second pixel portions; a first signal processing unit that, in a case of a first photographing condition, performs correction processing on output signals from the first pixel portions using output signals from the second pixel portions, and in a case of a second photographing condition, does not perform correction processing on output signals from the first pixel portions using output signals from the second pixel portions; and a second signal processing unit that performs image processing on a signal resulting from the correction processing performed by the first signal processing unit or a signal that was not subjected to the correction processing by the first signal processing unit, and records a signal resulting from the image processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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