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Title:
An imaging device and a method for controlling the same
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6046952
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An image capture apparatus comprises an image capturing unit that captures an object image and outputs image data; a photometric value acquisition unit that acquires, from the image data, a first photometric value and a second photometric value different from the first photometric value; and an exposure change unit that changes exposure such that the first photometric value comes close to a target value, wherein the exposure change unit calculates a third photometric value based on the first photometric value, the target value, and the second photometric value and corrects the exposure in accordance with a difference between the third photometric value and a reference value.

Inventors:
Kenzo Hisa
Application Number:
JP2012185766A
Publication Date:
December 21, 2016
Filing Date:
August 24, 2012
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Assignee:
Canon Inc
International Classes:
G03B7/28; H04N5/235
Domestic Patent References:
JP6311423A
JP2002023216A
JP9037145A
JP2005260738A
Foreign References:
US20100118204
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasunori Otsuka
Shiro Takayanagi
Yasuhiro Otsuka
Shuji Kimura
Osamu Shimoyama
Nagakawa Yukimitsu