Television – Camera – system and detail – Solid-state image sensor
Reexamination Certificate
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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Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Pasiewicz Daniel M
Sony Corporation
Tran Sinh
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