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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 15, 2009
Keisuke Kudo, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Gyotoku, Kawasaki, JP;
Keisuke Kudo, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Gyotoku, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing unit having an image sensor, an optical member which is arranged in front of the image sensor, a foreign substance detection unit which detects, from a foreign substance detection image including the image of a foreign substance adhered to the surface of the optical member, a recording unit which, when shooting a moving image, records moving image data generated based on image signals successively output from the image sensing unit, and records foreign substance information and lens information in addition to the moving image data, and a lens information obtaining unit which, when the lens information is updated by operating the imaging lens by a user during moving image shooting, obtains the updated lens information. When the lens information obtaining unit obtains the updated lens information, the recording unit records the updated lens information in addition to the moving image data.