Patent ID: 9264636
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An imaging device including an imaging element which includes a plurality of first pixel cells for imaging and a plurality of pairs configured by plural types of second pixel cells for focus detection which receive light passing through different pupil regions of a photographing lens, the device comprising: a determining unit which determines whether a captured image signal is affected by at least one of a flare and a ghost using the captured image signal obtained by imaging by the solid-state imaging element; a correction processing unit which performs one of interpolation correction processing and gain correction processing on an output signal of the second pixel cell included in the captured image signal, where the interpolation correction processing corrects the output signal of the second pixel cell by signal interpolation using an output signal of the plurality of first pixel cells around the second pixel included in the captured image signal, and the gain correction processing corrects the output signal of the second pixel cell by multiplying the output signal with a gain value; and an image data generating unit which processes the captured image signal after the correction processing by the correction processing unit to generate captured image data, wherein the correction processing unit determines as to whether which one of the interpolation correction processing and the gain correction processing is to be performed on the output signal of the second pixel cell on the basis of a determination result by the determining unit.