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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideki Ikedo, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/75 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/75 (2023.01);
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus capable of performing an appropriate correction processing that suppresses an influence of high luminance light is provided. The image pickup apparatus comprising at least one processor and/or circuit configured to function as inferring a luminance of a high luminance subject having a pixel signal saturation level or higher based on image signals generated from a plurality of pixels, and determining an area for obtaining a correction value used when correcting the image signals based on the inferred luminance of the high luminance subject.