US 11,991,453 B2
Image capturing apparatus, method for controlling the same, which determines exposure conditions for each image region used for next imaging
Aihiko Numata, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/544,812.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-206644 (JP), filed on Dec. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0191379 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/73 (2023.01) [H04N 23/71 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to function as:
a solid-state imaging device unit including a plurality of imaging regions for each of which exposure conditions are individually controllable;
a calculation unit configured to calculate, for a plurality of positions on the solid-state imaging device, a movement amount between a first position on the solid-state imaging device unit, corresponding to a portion in an image captured at a present imaging, and a second position on the solid-state imaging device unit, corresponding to a same portion in an image captured for a next imaging, and configured to calculate a direction in which the first and second positions move based on control information directed to the image capturing apparatus; and
a determination unit configured to determine the exposure conditions for each of the plurality of imaging regions to be used for the next imaging based on luminance distribution information about a captured image at the present imaging, and the movement amount and the direction calculated by the calculation unit.