US 12,470,819 B2
Image pickup apparatus for setting position for performing enlargement display from entire image region, control method for image pickup apparatus, and storage medium
Junichi Imamiya, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/423,130.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-011810 (JP), filed on Jan. 30, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0259681 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/675 (2023.01) [H04N 23/635 (2023.01); H04N 23/672 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a pickup device configured to include pixels that photoelectrically converts incident light from a subject that has passed through different regions of an exit pupil of an optical system to generate a plurality of pickup signals; and
at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the at least one processor to function as:
a setting unit that sets a focus adjustment region used in focus adjustment of the optical system with respect to a pickup region of the pickup device;
a detecting unit that detects a defocusing amount of the optical system based on the plurality of pickup signals obtained from the focus adjustment region;
a determining unit that determines whether or not focus adjustment in the focus adjustment region is possible based on the defocusing amount; and
a control unit that switches a display of a live view image on a display device between an unmagnification display, which displays an entire image of the pickup region, and an enlargement display, which enlarges and displays an image of the focus adjustment region, and
wherein the control unit varies a display method of the focus adjustment region between the unmagnification display and the enlargement display in accordance with to a determination result obtained by the determining unit.