Patent ID: 11950012
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. An apparatus comprising:
an image sensor that captures a subject through an optical system, wherein the image sensor can set an exposure time or gain for each of a plurality of pixel groups individually;
at last one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
acquire information about a specific image region in an image captured by the image sensor;
determine a specific pixel region corresponding to the specific image region, based on the information about the specific image region; and
control the exposure time or gain for each of the changed pixel groups individually,
wherein the specific image region is a region where an electronic zoom operation is performed in the image captured by the image sensor, and
wherein at least one of the number, the size, and the shape of pixel groups in the specific pixel region is changed in a case where the electronic zoom operation is instructed.