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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Tetsuya Katagiri, Kyoto, JP;
Koichi Kamon, Otokuni-gun, JP;
Jun Takayama, Tama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image sensing apparatus includes: an image sensing section for sensing an image of a subject; a detector for detecting a luminance of the subject; a compressor for compressing a dynamic range of the subject image; and a controller for controlling a compression characteristic to be used in compressing the dynamic range based on a detection result of the detector.