According to the Egami Blog, Canon has filed a patent for a variable optical low-pass filter (OLPF) which uses the auto exposure (AE) sensor for determining the strength of the effect.
Patent Details
- Published 2016.9.29
- Submitted 2015.3.17
- Performing object recognition using an image sensor AE sensor
- Using a variable OLPF for false color reduction
- Image quality decreases when focus deviation occurs is generated by the temperature, is detected object recognition is erroneous
- It suppresses the effect of the variable OLPF according to the temperature, suppressing the influence of the deterioration in image quality