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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/72 (2023.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/72 (2023.01); G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); H04N 5/272 (2013.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to set an exposure condition for each of areas on an image capturing plane, a setting unit configured to set a privacy area in an image captured by the image capturing unit, a decision unit configured to decide an exposure condition of the privacy area set by the setting unit as an exposure condition that enables privacy of an object in the privacy area to be protected, and a control unit configured to execute control for causing the image capturing unit to capture an image of the object based on the exposure condition decided by the decision unit.