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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kosuke Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiharu Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Shohei Tozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuto Jikei, Tokyo, JP;
Fumihito Karahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Ito, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a first amplifier capable of amplifying a signal of each pixel using a plurality of different gains, a second amplifier capable of amplifying the signal of each pixel using a plurality of different gains, with a method different from a method used by the first amplifier; and a control unit that performs control so as to execute one of first processing and second processing based on a shooting mode of the image capturing apparatus, a setting at the time of shooting, or a state of a subject, the first processing causing the first amplifier to amplify the signal of each pixel using a plurality of different gains, the second processing causing the second amplifier to amplify the signal of each pixel using a plurality of different gains.