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US 2012/0069240 A1Published application
Imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshifumi Osawa
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Abstract
Information relating to object distances in a plurality of areas in an imaging plane is acquired, and a threshold value for an object luminance at which imaging is performed by flashing an illumination device according to a difference between an object distance in a reference area and the object distances in the plurality of areas.
Claims11
An imaging apparatus capable of performing imaging using an illumination device, comprising:
- a light metering unit configured to acquire object luminance information;
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to object distances in a plurality of areas;
- and
- a flash control unit configured to actuate the illumination device during imaging if a luminance value based on the object luminance information acquired by the light meting unit is less than a threshold value,
- wherein the flash control unit changes the threshold value according to an object distance in a reference area and a difference between the object distances in the plurality of areas based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit.
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A method for controlling an imaging apparatus capable of performing imaging using an illumination device, the method comprising:
- acquiring object luminance information;
- acquiring information relating to object distances in a plurality of areas;
- and
- flashing the illumination device during imaging if a luminance value based on the acquired object luminance information is less than a threshold value,
- changing the threshold value according to an object distance in a reference area and a difference between the object distances in the plurality of areas based on the acquired information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.