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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuto Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides an image capturing apparatus which comprises an image sensor configured to obtain a video signal, and at least one processor which function as a first converting unit configured to convert the video signal obtained from the image sensor into an HDR video signal; a second converting unit configured to convert the HDR video signal obtained by the first converting unit into an SDR video signal; and a controller configured to associate at least one of the HDR video signal obtained by the first converting unit and the SDR video signal obtained by second conversion means with conversion characteristic information, the conversion characteristic information representing conversion characteristics for converting the HDR video signal and the SDR video signal to one another, the controller being configured to store the associated HDR video signal or SDR video signal in a recording medium.