US 11,838,646 B2
Apparatus, method, and storage medium for deciding an exposure condition based on brightness of a combined area of a captured image
Seigo Kaneko, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/714,034.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-065644 (JP), filed on Apr. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0329719 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/741 (2023.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/10 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01)
CPC H04N 23/73 (2023.01) [G06T 7/10 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/741 (2023.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20212 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
sensor that acquires distance information indicating a distance to an object included in each of divided areas of an imaging area;
at least one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform operations as:
a creation unit configured to create a combined area that is obtained by combining divided areas based on the acquired distance information and positions of the divided areas in the imaging area; and
a decision unit configured to decide an exposure condition in the combined area of an image to be captured based on brightness and an exposure condition in the combined area of a captured image.