18788703. IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM (CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
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IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
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Keisuke Matsuno of Kanagawa (JP)
IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18788703 titled 'IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Original Abstract Submitted
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element; a mechanism capable of changing a relative position between the imaging element and an object image; a deterioration degree estimation unit that estimates a degree of deterioration through time for each region of the imaging element; a luminance value acquisition unit that acquires a luminance value of a screen corresponding to a first region that is the region in which the degree exceeds a predetermined first threshold, as a first luminance value; a control amount calculation unit that calculates, in a case where the first luminance value exceeds a predetermined first luminance value in a luminance value distribution of an entire screen corresponding to the imaging element, a first control amount of the mechanism in which an object having the predetermined first luminance value or less is allocated to the first region based on the luminance value distribution; and a system control unit that controls the mechanism based on the first control amount.
