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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Matsuno, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element; a mechanism capable of changing a relative position between the imaging element and an object image; a deterioration degree estimation unit that estimates a degree of deterioration through time for each region of the imaging element; a luminance value acquisition unit that acquires a luminance value of a screen corresponding to a first region that is the region in which the degree exceeds a predetermined first threshold, as a first luminance value; a control amount calculation unit that calculates, in a case where the first luminance value exceeds a predetermined first luminance value in a luminance value distribution of an entire screen corresponding to the imaging element, a first control amount of the mechanism in which an object having the predetermined first luminance value or less is allocated to the first region based on the luminance value distribution; and a system control unit that controls the mechanism based on the first control amount.