Patent ID: 8520128
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A photographing apparatus, comprising: one or more lenses through which light is received into the photographing apparatus; an auto focus (AF) sensor configured to generate AF data; and an AF control unit configured to receive the AF data from the AF sensor and to control focusing of the one or more lenses using the received AF data, wherein the AF sensor includes a plurality of AF pixels and a control element, each of the plurality of AF pixels comprising: wherein the control element of the AF sensor is configured to receive, from each of a first set AF pixels among the plurality of AF pixels, an information about an amount of light received by the light-receiving element of the respective one of the first set AF pixels, the control element of the AF sensor being configured to control an operation of the plurality of AF pixels based on the information about the amount of received light received from the first set AF pixels.