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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2015
Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd., Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd., Hitachi-shi, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit; an image signal correcting unit that executes a signal level correction process on an image signal output by the imaging unit and outputs the level corrected image signal; and a gradation collapse suppression control unit that evaluates a degree of gradation collapse of a predetermined brightness range in the image signal output by the imaging unit and switches control of an exposure amount of the imaging unit and an input/output characteristic of the signal level correction process of the image signal correcting unit, when it is determined that the gradation collapse exists according to an evaluation result and when it is determined that the gradation collapse does not exist according to the evaluation result.