US Patent Application 18299843. IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM simplified abstract
IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
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IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18299843 titled 'IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes an imaging device that includes a setting unit, an exposure control unit, and a gradation correction unit.
- The setting unit is responsible for setting a target brightness level for a high-brightness region in an imaging scene.
- The exposure control unit performs photometry to control exposure in the imaging process.
- The gradation correction unit applies predetermined gradation correction to the obtained image.
- The device has two photometry modes - the first mode uses the high-brightness region for photometry and controls exposure based on the target brightness level set by the setting unit, while the second mode is different from the first.
- The gradation correction unit applies less gradation correction when the image is obtained using the second photometry mode compared to the first photometry mode.
Original Abstract Submitted
An imaging device includes a setting unit configured to set a target brightness level of a high-brightness region in an imaging scene; an exposure control unit configured to perform photometry to control exposure; and a gradation correction unit configured to perform predetermined gradation correction on an image obtained by imaging, wherein a mode for controlling the exposure includes a first photometry mode, in which photometry is performed using the high-brightness region as a photometry region and exposure is controlled on a basis of a target brightness level set by the setting unit, and a second photometry mode different from the first photometry mode, and the gradation correction unit suppresses the predetermined gradation correction more in a case in which the image is obtained by imaging using the first photometry mode than in a case in which the image is obtained by imaging using the second photometry mode.
