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Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2020
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shinji Yamanaka, Tokyo, JP;

Hisashi Takado, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/35581 (2013.01); H04N 5/2357 (2013.01); H04N 5/341 (2013.01); H04N 5/35721 (2018.08);
Abstract

In an imaging apparatus as an embodiment, a drive unit drives pixels so that a photoelectric conversion unit alternately performs accumulation of charges in a first exposure period and accumulation of charges in a second exposure period having different length from the first exposure period. A control unit performs a first exposure in a first cycle and performs a second exposure in second cycle when a result of detection indicates that a subject is not blinking. Further, the control unit performs a first exposure in a cycle different from the first cycle when the result of detection indicates that the subject is blinking.


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