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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus that is able to suppress decreases in image quality even during image capturing with a low illuminance, wherein the image capturing apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion element having an avalanche photodiode; a signal processing unit configured to perform correction on a signal that has been acquired by the photoelectric conversion element based on position information for a pixel that becomes a correction target; and a control unit configured to control a number of pulses for a pulse signal during a period in which a signal is acquired for one frame; wherein a threshold for the signal processing unit to determine whether or not the correction will be performed on a signal is different in a first mode and a second mode, wherein the number of pulses for the pulse signal is less in the second mode than in the first mode.