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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shinya Hirai, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2355 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit configured to capture an image; a determination unit configured to determine a plurality of object regions from the captured image; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a photometric value for each of the object regions; a decision unit configured to decide an exposure condition from the photometric value for each of the object regions; and a tone conversion unit configured to convert a tone of the captured image based on the exposure condition.