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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2023
Photoelectric conversion device, control method, and storage medium with image correction processing
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Aihiko Numata, Tokyo, JP;
Kan Takaiwa, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a photoelectric conversion device that has an avalanche photodiode and can suppress image quality deterioration, in a photoelectric conversion device, a photoelectric conversion element including an avalanche photodiode for photoelectrically converting an optical image, an image generation unit configured to generate a first image based on a signal acquired by the photoelectric conversion element, an acquisition unit configured to acquire first characteristic information of the photoelectric conversion element, and a correction processing unit configured to perform first correction processing on the first image by using the first characteristic information are provided, and in the correction processing unit, weighting of the first correction processing is made different according to a magnitude of a pixel signal in the first image.