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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
May. 25, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichiro Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus configured to capture an image using an illumination apparatus includes an image sensor, one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processors, cause the imaging apparatus to function as a selection unit configured to select a background color in response to a user's instruction, a processing unit configured to perform white balance processing on an image obtained by the image sensor by irradiating an object with illumination light, based on the background color selected by the selection unit, and a determination unit configured to determine an illumination color of the illumination light to be emitted from the illumination apparatus when the image sensor captures the image so that a color of the object irradiated with the illumination light in the image subjected to the white balance processing becomes a color different from the background color selected by the selection unit.