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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shooting control apparatus including (1) a shooting control unit that controls at least two shots to be taken in response to a shooting instruction, using an image sensor configured to generate, in a single shot, a first image and a second image having different exposures and (2) an exposure control unit that performs first exposure control or second exposure control alternately from shot to shot in each of the at least two shots. The first exposure control is exposure control in which the first image is generated at a first exposure and the second image is generated at a second exposure lower than the first exposure. The second exposure control is exposure control in which the first image is generated at the first exposure and the second image is generated at a third exposure higher than the first exposure.
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