US 11,722,775 B2
Image pickup apparatus and controlling method thereof
Natsuko Sato, Kanagawa (JP); Shunsuke Chino, Saitama (JP); and Ryo Kawasaki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/880,066.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055269 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/695 (2023.01) [H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/675 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image sensor configured to capture an optical image formed by an image pickup optical system;
at least one processor; and
at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to function as:
a controlling unit configured to, in tilt imaging that changes a tilt angle between an image pickup plane of the image sensor and a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of the image pickup optical system, seta focal plane to any position such that an angle between the focal plane and the optical axis is changed, by controlling at least one of (i) a position of a focus lens included in the image pickup optical system and (ii) the tilt angle,
wherein the controlling unit controls the at least one so as not to set the focal plane to a first position corresponding to a position of a first target object that is an imaging target, but to set the focal plane to a second position that is different from the first position and at which the position of the first target object is included in a depth of field.