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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2021
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image-capturing device includes: an image sensor that includes an image capturing area where an image of a subject is captured; a setting unit that sets image capturing conditions to be applied to the image-capturing area; a selection unit that selects pixels to be used for interpolation from pixels present in the image-capturing area; and a generation unit that generates an image of the subject captured in the image-capturing area with signals generated through interpolation executed by using signals output from the pixels selected by the selection unit, wherein: the selection unit makes a change in selection of at least some of the pixels to be selected depending upon the image-capturing conditions set by the setting unit.