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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hinako Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set an exposure for image capturing by an image capturing unit, wherein in a mode for acquiring a plurality of images for a moving image by performing intermittent image capturing using the image capturing unit, the setting unit smooths data on a brightness corresponding to a plurality of image capturing operations in the intermittent image capturing and sets an exposure for one image capturing operation in the intermittent image capturing according to the smoothed data, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire first information including at least one of an image capture interval for the intermittent image capturing, a frame rate of the moving image, and shake information during image capturing of a subject. The setting unit determines a degree of the smoothing based on the first information acquired by the acquisition unit.