US 12,464,249 B2
Image capturing apparatus for performing image recognition based on exposure conditions
Seigo Kaneko, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/353,710.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-114572 (JP), filed on Jul. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0031683 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/72 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 25/51 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/71 (2023.01) [H04N 23/72 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 25/51 (2023.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
an image sensor that can set exposure conditions for each exposure area having one or more pixels, the image sensor capturing an image with the set exposure conditions;
at least one processor; and
a memory in communication with the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions that, when performed by the processor, cause the processor to function as:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image recognition area where image recognition is to be performed by performing image processing on the image captured by the image sensor;
a determination unit configured to determine a transition setting of the exposure conditions to be applied to the exposure area corresponding to the image recognition area based on content of the image recognition; and
an image capturing control unit configured to perform image capturing through the image sensor by applying the transition setting of the exposure conditions determined by the determination unit,
wherein the exposure conditions include a gain and an exposure time, and
wherein the determination unit determines a priority of the gain and the exposure time in the transition setting depending on the content of the image recognition.