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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hidetaka Uemura, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture a subject image, a movement device capable of moving a relative position of the image sensor and an image circle of a mounted lens; and a control unit configured to acquire foreign substance information, which is information on a foreign substance sticking to at least one of the image sensor and an optical element in front of the image sensor, from a plurality of images obtained by causing the image sensor to perform a plurality of instances of image capture while moving the relative position of the image sensor and the image circle using the movement device.