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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Ikedo, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing system comprising: a pixel area including pixels; processors that process an image signal read out from the pixel area; a generation unit that generates readout pixel patterns having different pixel densities and nonuniform pixel patterns used for reading out a signal from the pixels; a setting unit that sets one of the pixel densities for each of divided regions obtained by dividing the pixel area; and a control unit that controls to read out an image signal from each divided region using the readout pixel pattern corresponding to the set pixel density. The setting unit sets the pixel density for each divided region such that a higher pixel density is set to a divided region where image capturing processing with higher image quality is to be performed among the divided regions.