US 11,722,783 B2
Image capturing apparatus, control method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium to generate image data
Shogo Yamasaki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,574.
Claims priority of application No. JP2021-119006 (JP), filed on Jul. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0014397 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/741 (2023.01); H04N 23/72 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/741 (2023.01) [H04N 23/72 (2023.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capturing apparatus having an image capturing device of a structure in which blocks each configured by a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged, the apparatus comprising:
a first control circuit configured to control sensitivity in units of the blocks;
a second control circuit configured to control a gain of a signal for each block obtained by the image capturing device; and
a generating circuit configured to, by mapping image data of blocks obtained under the control of the second control circuit to a region that accords with sensitivity set for the blocks in a preset high dynamic range, generate image data of the high dynamic range.