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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Yuji Tsuda, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Yuji Tsuda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/73 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/735 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to performing imaging processing for dividing a video signal obtained by an imaging unit into a plurality of areas, and detecting in parallel respective evaluation values of video signals of the plurality of areas, reducing the video signal obtained by the imaging unit, detecting an evaluation value of the reduced video signal, and controlling an operation of the imaging apparatus using either the evaluation values of video signals of the plurality of areas or the evaluation value of the reduced video signal.