Patent ID: 9473688
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image pickup apparatus, comprising: a first imaging sensor comprising pixel portions arranged in a two-dimensional array, each of the pixel portions of the first imaging sensor comprising one micro lens corresponding to a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, the first imaging sensor configured to be able to output parallax images; a second imaging sensor comprising pixel portions arranged in a two-dimensional array, each of the pixel portions of the second imaging sensor comprising one micro lens corresponding to a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, the second imaging sensor configured to be able to output parallax images; a light beam splitting unit arranged to split a flux of light entering an optical system into first and second fluxes of light to be applied to the first imaging sensor and the second imaging sensor respectively; a first image processing unit configured to generate a still image for recording based on signals from the first imaging sensor; and a second image processing unit configured to generate a moving image for recording based on signals from the second imaging sensor; a calculation unit configured to, in a case where the first image processing unit generates the still image, perform focal point detection of a phase difference method based on the parallax images from the second imaging sensor, and to, while the second image processing unit generates the moving image, perform the focal point detection of the phase difference method based on the parallax images from the first imaging sensor.