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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Masahiko Kikuzawa, Soka, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiko Kikuzawa, Soka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image sensing apparatus and method which controls a noise reduction process under various photographing conditions and various functions of the apparatus, including a system control unit that controls a noise reduction unit by setting the noise reduction control mode to a zoom stop mode under conditions that an electronic zoom unit and a zoom lens are stopped, and controls the noise reduction unit by setting the noise reduction control mode to a zoom operation mode under conditions that either the electronic zoom unit or the zoom lens is operated.