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Patent No.:

US 12745015 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2024

Image capturing apparatus, method, and storage medium for reducing noise in images generated from a single exposure and aplified with different gains

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Jun Kameda, Tokyo, JP;

Kosuke Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiyuki Takada, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiharu Ueda, Tokyo, JP;

Kento Iimori, Tokyo, JP;

Yohei Kanda, Kanagawa, JP;

Fumihito Karahashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Shohei Tozawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Kelly L Jerabek

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/60 (2023.01); H04N 25/51 (2023.01); H04N 25/57 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/60 (2023.01); H04N 25/51 (2023.01); H04N 25/57 (2023.01);
Abstract

An image capturing apparatus includes a pixel portion in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, first acquisition unit for amplifying first image signals obtained by exposing the pixel portion, with multiple different gains, and acquiring multiple images respectively amplified with the multiple different gains, second acquisition unit for acquiring images for correction that correspond to the multiple different gains, and correction unit for correcting the multiple images using the images for correction that correspond to the gains with which the multiple images are respectively amplified.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kameda, Jun. (2026). Image capturing apparatus, method, and storage medium for reducing noise in images generated from a single exposure and aplified with different gains (U.S. Patent No. 12745015). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12745015

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