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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuya Ebata, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus including an image sensor that photoelectrically converts visible light and invisible light. Image data output by the image sensor is separated into visible light image data and invisible light image data. In a first process, an invisible light flicker period is detected from the invisible light image data, and the image sensor is controlled, based on the detected invisible light flicker period, such that invisible light flicker is not generated in the image data, and in a second process, a visible light flicker period is detected from the visible light image data separated in a state in which invisible light flicker is not generated in the image data, and the image sensor is controlled, based on the invisible light flicker period and the detected visible light flicker period, such that invisible light flicker and visible light flicker are not generated in the image data.