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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2011
Applicant:
Hidenori Taniguchi, Zama, JP;
Inventor:
Hidenori Taniguchi, Zama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 7/00 (2006.01); G03B 7/08 (2006.01); G03B 7/083 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 7/083 (2013.01); G03B 7/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises: a photometry unit configured to perform photometry on a subject and output a photometric value; an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of photometric values from the photometry unit during a predetermined period of time; and a calculation unit configured to perform a prediction calculation to predict a luminance of the subject based on the plurality of photometric values obtained by the obtaining unit.