Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, exposure...

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2011-05-24

2011-05-24

Tran, Sinh (Department: 2622)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Solid-state image sensor

C348S229100, C348S362000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07948538

ABSTRACT:
An image capturing apparatus includes: an image capturing unit configured to generate a long-exposure image signal and a short-exposure image signal on the basis of light transmitted from a subject and output the long-exposure image signal and the short-exposure image signal as image capturing signals; a signal processing unit configured to generate a combined image signal by combining the long-exposure image signal and the short-exposure image signal, the combined image signal having a dynamic range that is relatively wider than that of at least any one of the long-exposure image signal and the short-exposure image signal; a detection unit configured to generate luminance information of the combined image signal; and a control unit configured to perform automatic exposure control for the short-exposure image signal using the luminance information in an exposure setting mode in which exposure control is performed in accordance with a user's setting.

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