Image capturing apparatus and method of controlling the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki Furumochi
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Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor including a plurality of pixels that photoelectrically convert a subject image, and a compression circuit that compresses signals from the plurality of pixels; a readout unit that reads out the signals of the plurality of pixels from the image sensor; and a control unit that, in accordance with an image capturing condition, controls a compression operation performed on the signals of the plurality of pixels by the compression circuit.
Claims11
An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- an image sensor including a plurality of pixels that photoelectrically convert a subject image, and a compression circuit that compresses signals from the plurality of pixels;
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- at least one processor or circuit configured to function as the following units:
- a readout unit that reads out the signals of the plurality of pixels from the image sensor;
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- a control unit that, in accordance with an image capturing condition, controls a compression operation performed on the signals of the plurality of pixels by the compression circuit.
A method of controlling an image capturing apparatus, the apparatus including an image sensor having a plurality of pixels that photoelectrically convert a subject image and a compression circuit that compresses signals of the plurality of pixels, and the method comprising:
- reading out the signals of the plurality of pixels from the image sensor;
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- in accordance with an image capturing condition, controlling a compression operation performed on the signals of the plurality of pixels by the compression circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.