Patent ID: 8525917
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image sensing apparatus comprising: an image sensor including a plurality of image sensing pixels, first focus detection pixel pairs each pixel of which having a light receiving area shifted with respect to an optical axis so that a first phase difference is detectable from image signals output from the first focus detection pixel pairs, and second focus detection pixel pairs each pixel of which having a light receiving area shifted with respect to the optical axis so that a second phase difference is detectable from image signals output from the second focus detection pixel pairs; and a controller that, in a first control mode for performing thinning readout of signal charges from a first set of pixels of the image sensor, controls so that the first focus detection pixel pairs are read out without reading out the second focus detection pixel pairs, and, in a second control mode for performing thinning readout of signal charges from a second set of pixels of the image sensor, controls so that the first and second focus detection pixel pairs in a predetermined area of the image sensor are read out, the predetermined area being an area of the image sensor to be enlarged when digital zoom is specified.