In an image sensor according to related art, charge information cannot be read at the same time from a pair of photoelectric conversion elements placed corresponding to one microlens. According to one embodiment, an image sensor includes a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element placed corresponding to one microlens, a first transfer transistor placed corresponding to the first photoelectric conversion element and a second transfer transistor placed corresponding to the second photoelectric conversion element, a read timing signal line that supplies a common read timing signal to the first transfer transistor and the second transfer transistor, a first output line that outputs a signal of the first photoelectric conversion element to the outside, and a second output line that outputs a signal of the second photoelectric conversion element to the outside.

In an image sensor according to related art, charge information cannot be read at the same time from a pair of photoelectric conversion elements placed corresponding to one microlens. According to one embodiment, an image sensor includes a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element placed corresponding to one microlens, a first transfer transistor placed corresponding to the first photoelectric conversion element and a second transfer transistor placed corresponding to the second photoelectric conversion element, a read timing signal line that supplies a common read timing signal to the first transfer transistor and the second transfer transistor, a first output line that outputs a signal of the first photoelectric conversion element to the outside, and a second output line that outputs a signal of the second photoelectric conversion element to the outside.

An image capturing apparatus, comprises an image sensor having a focus detection pixel; a focus detection unit configured to perform focus detection, by using a signal from the focus detection pixel; a focus adjustment unit configured to control focus adjustment of an imaging lens; a lock unit configured to lock the focus adjustment of the imaging lens; and a control unit configured to control so as to, if the focus adjustment of the imaging lens is caused to transition from a locked state to a state where the focus adjustment lock is cancelled in continuous shooting, temporarily cause the continuous shooting to stop, and, after performing the focus adjustment of the imaging lens and confirming that the imaging lens has focused on the subject, restart the continuous shooting.

A method for controlling microscopic imaging of a microscope includes providing a microscope control arrangement configured for receiving a focusing request and for receiving sample information on a sample to be imaged, wherein the microscope control arrangement activates, upon receipt of a focusing request and after having received the sample information, a predefined focusing setting depending on the sample information received for controlling focusing of the microscope for microscopic imaging of the sample.

Methods and apparatus provide for: capturing an image of a subject from a position; capturing a plurality of images of the subject from a plurality of further positions around the position such that the plurality of captured images of the subject are different in image quality or view angles than the image of the subject from the position; and generating data to be output on a basis of the image captured from the position and the plurality of images captured from the plurality of further positions, where at least one of: the capturing the image or the plurality of images includes pixels capable of detecting light in an infrared wavelength band, and the generating includes synthesizing the image from the position and the images captured from the further positions and changing a synthesis ratio according to an image synthesis position.

An imaging device includes an evaluation value calculator configured to calculate an evaluation value set including evaluation values corresponding to candidate parallaxes based on a phase image set, and a parallax calculator configured to calculate a target parallax based on the evaluation value set, the target parallax representing a phase shift value that allows to minimize a difference between phase images corresponding to phase signals with respect to an object to be imaged. Each of the evaluation values indicates a degree of certainty that the candidate parallax corresponding to each evaluation value is the target parallax.

An imaging device includes an evaluation value calculator configured to calculate an evaluation value set including evaluation values corresponding to candidate parallaxes based on a phase image set, and a parallax calculator configured to calculate a target parallax based on the evaluation value set, the target parallax representing a phase shift value that allows to minimize a difference between phase images corresponding to phase signals with respect to an object to be imaged. Each of the evaluation values indicates a degree of certainty that the candidate parallax corresponding to each evaluation value is the target parallax.