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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2018
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takahiro Masumura, Utsunomiya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G02F 1/1362 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G01S 17/36 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); G01S 17/36 (2013.01); G02F 1/136277 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 5/232121 (2018.08); G02F 2203/11 (2013.01); G02F 2203/12 (2013.01); G02F 2203/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image capturing apparatus includes a spatial light modulator configured to shape a wavefront of light traveling from a light source to an object, an image capturer configured to generate image data by capturing an image of the object, and a controller configured to control the spatial light modulator and to make the image capturer capture the image when object light among the light reaches the image capturer via the object. The controller performs an optimization control of the spatial light modulator so as to maximum or minimize a value of an objective function set by using a luminance value in a target area corresponding to the object light in the image data.


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