Richard CanonNews / Friday, October 27, 2017 / Categories: Canon Patents This post may contain affiliate links(s). An affiliate link means I may earn advertising/referral fees if you make a purchase through my link, without any additional cost to you. It helps to keep this site afloat. Thank you in advance for your support. If you like what we do here, maybe buy me a coffee. Some more DPAF patent applications Some more Dual Pixel Auto Focus patents as Canon looks to improve the excellent DPAF sensors that we have today. Patent Application US20170310913 Another patent dealing with how to handle pixels at the outer edge of the periphery of a mirrorless sensor. Read more about it here .. Patent Application 20170310912 This patent deals with the efficiency of getting focus (or defocus data) off of a dual pixel AF sensor, when doing this method of only reading out certain lines for AF, the black level between AF read and non-AF read areas may be different. This patent deals with improving the black level calculation and image adjustment and removing the potential for banding between AF and non AF areas. Read more about it here .. Richard CanonNewsRichard CanonNews Richard has been using Canon cameras since the 1990s, with his first being the now legendary EOS-3. Since then, Richard has continued to use Canon cameras and now focuses mostly on infrared photography. Richard is the founder and editor of CanonNews since 2017, and has worked as a writer on CanonRumors and other websites in the past. Other posts by Richard CanonNews Contact author Facebook page Related articles Canon Inc. Places Third in U.S. Patents Granted in 2021 IFI Claims Rankings Canon Ranks in the top 5 for US patents for 35 straight years Canon places top five in U.S. patent rankings for 33 years running and first among Japanese companies for 14 years running Another curved sensor patent application from Canon Another supertelephoto patent surfaces Previous Article byThom's article on Canon versus Nikon Lens Production Next Article Trick or Treat: Don't miss out on this Canon M5 deal! Print Tags: Patents Please login or register to post comments.