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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/254 (2018.01); H04N 13/296 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/254 (2018.05); H04N 13/296 (2018.05);
Abstract
A control apparatus includes a write unit configured to write additional information on an imaging state in acquiring an image captured with at least three light sources located at different positions by correlating the additional information with the image. The additional information is information configured to identify at least one of information on an incident angle of light from each light source toward the object on the image and light amount distribution information of the light emitted from each light source on the image.