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Patent No.:

US 10999523 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2019

Image pickup apparatus, method for controlling image pickup apparatus, and storage medium for controlling flash photography when a still image is imaged

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Toshifumi Osawa, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division

Primary Examiner:

Twyler L Haskins

Assistant Examiner:

Angel L Garces-Rivera

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G03B 15/05 (2021.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); G03B 15/05 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/3415 (2013.01); H04N 5/35563 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus includes a sensor including a plurality of arranged pixels, having a first sensitivity for a first area of the plurality of arranged pixels and a second sensitivity lower than the first sensitivity for a second area of the plurality of arranged pixels during preliminary light emission of a flash, and a processing circuit configured to generate an image of a subject area to be imaged based on a signal obtained by performing correction corresponding to a difference between the first sensitivity and the second sensitivity on a signal acquired from the sensor.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Osawa, Toshifumi. (2021). Image pickup apparatus, method for controlling image pickup apparatus, and storage medium for controlling flash photography when a still image is imaged (U.S. Patent No. 10999523). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10999523

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