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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Yoshida, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing device includes an imaging element. The imaging element includes a pixel unit including a photoelectric conversion unit configured to convert light to electric charge and a charge accumulating unit configured to accumulate the electric charge and a column AMP configured to amplify a signal output from the pixel unit with different gains, and outputs a plurality of image signals with different gains applied thereto through one exposure. The image processing device further includes an image synthesizing unit configured to generate a synthetic image signal by synthesizing the plurality of image signals. An image synthesis control unit configured to control the image synthesizing unit determines synthesis proportions of the plurality of image signals in the synthetic image signal according to a common capacity of the charge accumulating unit when the capacity of the charge accumulating unit is shared by the plurality of image signals.