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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Akimitsu Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akimitsu Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/361 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/35536 (2013.01); H04N 5/35581 (2013.01); H04N 5/361 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capture apparatus includes an image capture unit, a first correction unit configured to correct a black level of an image signal output from the image capture unit, a combining unit configured to select pixels to be used from among a plurality of image signals, the black level of which has been corrected by the first correction unit, to generate a combined image signal, and a second correction unit configured to correct the black level of the combined image signal generated by the combining unit.