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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Kawakami, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object and generate image data, a compression unit configured to compress the image data generated by the image capturing unit, a display control unit configured to decode the image data compressed by the compression unit and display the decoded image data on a display unit, and an instruction unit configured to issue an instruction to magnify an image to be displayed on the display unit, wherein, in a case where the instruction unit issues the instruction to magnify the image to be displayed on the display unit, the compression unit reduces a compression rate of the image data.