Patent ID: 9706186
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G02B,G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging element including at least a first pixel that receives a first partial light beam, within a subject light beam incident thereto through an optical system, shifted in a first direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical system, and a second pixel that receives a second partial light beam, within the subject light beam, shifted in a second direction opposite the first direction; and an image processor that generates first parallax image data based on an output of the first pixel and second parallax image data based on an output of the second pixel, wherein when the imaging element captures an image of an object point located in an unfocused region on the optical axis, a pixel value of a center pixel corresponding to the optical axis in the first parallax image data is greater than or equal to 50% of a pixel value of a peak pixel in the first parallax image data, and a pixel value of the center pixel in the second parallax image data is greater than or equal to 50% of a pixel value of a peak pixel in the second parallax image data.