IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

摘要

Disclosed are an image capture apparatus that includes an image sensor capable of acquiring parallax images, and calculates the amount of parallax while reducing the amount of data that is to be transmitted or recorded, and a method for controlling the same. The image capture apparatus less frequently outputs a second image signal than a first image signal, wherein the first image signal is generated based on all of the photoelectric signals of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units of each pixel, and wherein the second image signal is generated based on at least one of but not all of the photoelectric signals.

主权项

1. An image capture apparatus comprising:
an image sensor that is provided with a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, wherein each of the photoelectric conversion units generates an photoelectric signal; a first generating unit configured to generate a first image signal for each pixel based on all of the photoelectric signals generated by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units of each pixel; a second generating unit configured to generate a second image signal for each pixel based on at least one of but not all of the photoelectric signals generated by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units of each pixel; and an outputting unit configured to frequently output the first image signal and second image signal, wherein the outputting unit less frequently outputs the second image signal than the first image signal.