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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2021
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 25/53 (2023.01); H04N 25/60 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/687 (2023.01); H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 25/53 (2023.01); H04N 25/60 (2023.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus including: an image capturing device that has a plurality of pixels outputting pixel signals according to incident light, the plurality of pixels being divided into a plurality of blocks each including at least two pixels, and an exposure condition being set for each block; an image capture control unit that changes a light receiving position on the image capturing device, based on an exposure condition set for an adjacent block; and an image processing unit that synthesizes a plurality of images which are generated at a plurality of the light receiving positions.