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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2005
Koichi Kamon, Sakai, JP;
Kazuchika Sato, Kobe, JP;
Jun Minakuti, Sakai, JP;
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image sensing apparatus is constructed in such a manner that a calculation priority setter() sets a priority between exposure amount control by an exposure amount control parameter calculator() serving as exposure amount controller, and dynamic range control by a dynamic range control parameter calculator() serving as dynamic range controller. Exposure control is executed by performing the exposure amount control and the dynamic range control based on a photoelectric conversion characteristic, by using exposure evaluation values detected by an evaluation value detector, based on the priority set by the calculation priority setter(). This arrangement provides an image sensing apparatus capable of performing exposure control with high latitude, wherein a user is allowed to capture a subject in an optimal exposure state, with an appropriate dynamic range being secured, and control primarily based on the exposure amount control or control primarily based on the dynamic range control is performed on the priority basis.