Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capturing apparatus, method for controlling the same, which determines exposure conditions for each image region used for next imaging
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Application No.: US17544812Application Date: 2021-12-07
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Publication No.: US11991453B2Publication Date: 2024-05-21
- Inventor: Aihiko Numata
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: CANON U.S.A., INC. IP Division
- Priority: JP 20206644 2020.12.14
- Main IPC: H04N23/73
- IPC: H04N23/73 ; H04N23/71

Abstract:
An image capturing apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device unit including imaging regions for each of which exposure conditions are individually controllable, a calculation unit configured to calculate, for positions on the solid-state imaging device, a movement amount between a first position on the solid-state imaging device unit, corresponding to a portion in an image captured at a present imaging, and a second position on the solid-state imaging device unit, corresponding to the same portion in an image captured for a next imaging, and calculate a direction in which the first and second positions move based on control information directed to the image capturing apparatus, and a determination unit configured to determine the exposure conditions for each of the imaging regions to be used for the next imaging based on luminance distribution information about a captured image at the present imaging, the movement amount, and the calculated direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220191379A1 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Public/Granted day:2022-06-16
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