Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Kosuke Kiyamura

Toru Matsumoto

Go Naito

Yu Narita

Ryuichiro Yasuda

Tamaki Negishi

Koichi Washisu

Wataru Kubo

Kyosuke Sato

Hirotaka Shindo

Tomomi Mogami

An evaluating apparatus is configured to evaluate image stabilizing performance of an imaging unit around an optical axis. The evaluating apparatus includes an object disposed to face the imaging unit, the object having a first feature point at a position different from the optical axis of the imaging unit, an excitation unit configured to excite the imaging unit, and an evaluating unit configured to evaluate an image of the object captured by the imaging unit that is being excited by the excitation unit.

Evaluating apparatus, evaluating method, manufacturing method of imaging unit, and storage medium

An image evaluation apparatus comprises an image capturing device configured to include a blur correction function, a vibration control unit configured to vibrate the image capturing device based on an input waveform, a vibration detection unit that detects the vibration of the image capturing unit, a memory storing instructions, and a processor executing the instructions causing the image evaluation apparatus to compare the input waveform with the waveform of the vibration detection result that was detected by the vibration detection unit, and perform a captured image evaluation that is an evaluation of the blur correction function based on a captured image result of a subject by the image capturing device, wherein the processor performs captured image evaluation in a case in which it has been determined that the difference of the waveform of the vibration detection result with respect to the input waveform is within a predetermined range.

Evaluation apparatus, evaluation method, and storage medium

An evaluation method of an image stabilization effect of an imaging device includes calculating an evaluation value of the image stabilization effect on the basis of shutter speed values in case of which each of a reference shake amount theoretically calculated on the basis of a shake waveform applied to the imaging device and a measured shake amount calculated using an image captured in a state in which the imaging device is vibrated becomes a specified shake amount, and setting the specified shake amount. The setting includes calculating an image deterioration amount of the imaging device caused by something other than a shake from the outside, and selecting a determination level that defines the specified shake amount from a plurality of determination levels having different shake amounts on the basis of the image deterioration amount.

Evaluation method and evaluation device of image stabilization effect of imaging device, and program storage medium

Provided is an imaging device in which a subject moving within a visual field can be freely expressed with a simple configuration. This imaging device is an imaging device which acquires an image by dividing one imaging period into a plurality of periods for exposure to add for each pixel, and includes an imaging element which includes a photoelectric conversion unit configured to generate a signal charge, and a control unit configured to control an accumulation time of the signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit. The control unit changes the accumulation time in each period obtained by dividing the one imaging period.

Imaging device and method of controlling the same

An image capturing apparatus comprising: an optical element that changes a transmittance of light; an image sensor; an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a temperature of the optical element; a first control unit that controls a transmittance of the optical element; and a second control unit that controls exposure when a subject is captured using the image sensor and an image signal is output. The first control unit performs control so as to increase a target transmittance of the optical element in a first condition under which a temperature of the optical element exceeds a predetermined temperature, based on the information regarding the temperature, and the second control unit controls exposure excluding the transmittance according to a change in the transmittance of the optical element in the first condition.

Image capturing apparatus and method for controlling temperature of a light transmitting element through controlling the optical element's exposure to and transmittance of light

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Kawasaki, Japan

Kosuke Kiyamura