Patent ID: 9077905
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: a computing unit which computes, based on an image captured using an image sensor, an amount of blown-out highlights of the image; an enhancement amount determining unit which determines, based on a magnitude of the amount of blown-out highlights, an amount of dynamic range enhancement for lessening the amount of blown-out highlights; a correction amount determining unit which automatically determines a lessening amount of sensitivity that depends on the amount of dynamic range enhancement, and a correction amount for correcting brightness of an image captured at the lessened sensitivity, wherein the lessening amount of sensitivity increases as the amount of dynamic range enhancement increases; a control unit which performs image capture using the image sensor at the lessened sensitivity; and a correcting unit which corrects the brightness of an image captured at the lessened sensitivity, in accordance with the correction amount.