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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Yasuhiro Kazama, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuhiro Kazama, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H04N 23/741 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/741 (2023.01); H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of image capturing units; a calculation unit to calculate a common correction value commonly applied to the image capturing units in performing dynamic range correction, based on an image-capturing signal output from each of the plurality of image capturing units; a setting unit to set an exposure condition for each of the image capturing units based on the common correction value; and a control unit to control the plurality of image capturing units to capture images to be combined under the set exposure condition for each of the image capturing units.