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Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2016
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yasuyoshi Miyazaki, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2352 (2013.01);
Abstract

A light emission control device that is capable of controlling an emission amount of a light emitting unit irrespective of existence of a high-intensity light source. A selecting unit divides each of a non-emission image and a pre-emission image into a predetermined number of block areas, and selects a light-control target area according to a difference between luminance values in the non-emission image and the pre-emission image. A first weighting unit generates first weighting data by allocating a predetermined weight to each the light-control target area. A second weighting unit finds a weighting coefficient for each the light-control target area in the non-emission image, and to generate second weighting data by multiplying the first weighting data by the weighting coefficient. A control unit controls the emission unit according to a main emission amount that makes the light-control target area be proper exposure with reference to the second weighting data.


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Miyazaki, Yasuyoshi. (2018). Light emission control device, control method therefor, storage medium storing control program therefor, and image pickup apparatus with light emission control device (U.S. Patent No. 9888184). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9888184

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