Patent ID: 9106826
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus, comprising: an image capturing element configured to capture an image of a subject through an image capturing optical system, wherein the image capturing element comprises signal detection units having first signal detection units and second signal detection units, each of the first signal detection units is configured to detect a signal according to one of a pair of light fluxes, said one and the other of the pair of light fluxes having passed through different portions of a pupil area of the image capturing optical system, and each of the second signal detection units is configured to detect a signal according to the other of the pair of light fluxes; a focusing control unit configured to perform a focusing control of the image capturing optical system by a phase difference AF method using the detection signals of the first signal detection units and the second signal detection units; a matching degree generation unit configured to generate a credibility determination unit configured to determine credibility of the focusing control by the phase difference AF method using the detection signals of the respective signal detection units of each of the first pair and the second pair based on the first matching degree and the second matching degree.