Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, and program

Details Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, and program Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, and program

2009-02-05

2011-10-11

Ometz, David (Department: 2622)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Combined image signal generator and general image signal...

C348S241000, C348S231990, C348S222100

Reexamination Certificate

active

08035699

ABSTRACT:
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit which has an image sensor, a storage unit which stores foreign substance information of a foreign substance adhering to an optical element arranged in front of the image sensor, a buffer unit which temporarily stores the image signal output from the image capturing unit, a correction unit which corrects, based on the foreign substance information, an image signal corresponding to a shadow of the foreign substance among image signals output from the buffer unit and outputs a corrected image signal, and a control unit which controls the buffer unit and the correction unit to change, in accordance with a free area of the buffer unit, an amount of the image signal corresponding to the shadow of the foreign substance that is to be corrected among image signals output from the image capturing unit.

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