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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
May. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Naoyuki Nakagawara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2357 (2013.01); H04N 5/235 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging apparatus has a first mode in which a determination unit determines an exposure timing of an imaging unit based on a timing calculated by a calculation unit after a light metering unit performs light metering a first number of times, and a second mode in which the determination unit determines the exposure timing of the imaging unit based on the timing calculated by the calculation unit after the light metering unit performs the light metering a second number of times.