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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2024
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shohei Tozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/741 (2023.01); H04N 23/743 (2023.01); H04N 23/76 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 5/772 (2013.01); H04N 23/632 (2023.01); H04N 23/6811 (2023.01); H04N 23/741 (2023.01); H04N 23/743 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/76 (2023.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor; and a control unit that, in a case where a first shooting mode is set, controls to perform shooting a plurality of times with the image sensor while changing exposure to obtain a plurality of images, and in a case where a second shooting mode different from the first shooting mode is set, controls to amplify an image signal obtained by performing shooting once with the image sensor by a plurality of different gains within the image sensor to obtain a plurality of images.