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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Soichiro Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image sensor; a light shielding member; a thermometer that measures temperature of the image sensor; and a controller that controls the image sensor so as to perform continuous shooting to obtain a plurality of images. The controller determines a number of images to be shot in the continuous shooting, determines, before starting the continuous shooting, whether or not to shoot a black image with the image sensor being shielded from light by the light shielding member based on the temperature measured by the thermometer and the determined number of images to be shot, and in a case where it is determined to shoot a black image, controls to shoot a black image every time an image is shot in the continuous shooting.