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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masaaki Kano, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/82 (2006.01); H04N 5/361 (2011.01); G11B 27/30 (2006.01); H04N 5/367 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/361 (2013.01); G11B 27/3027 (2013.01); H04N 5/367 (2013.01);
Abstract
The image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor configured to convert light into an electrical signal, the image sensor including an effective pixel portion and a reference pixel portion, and a control unit configured to change compression processing of a signal output from the reference pixel portion in accordance with the number of defective pixels in the reference pixel portion.