IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit for capturing an object image; an adjustment unit for adjusting the exposure of the image capturing unit; a detection unit for, in the case where the image capturing unit is saturated with respect to light that is input, detecting a signal level corresponding to the highest level of incident light in the image capturing unit after the adjustment unit reduces the exposure of the image capturing unit so as to reduce saturation; and a control unit for, in the case where the exposure of the image capturing unit is reduced by the adjustment unit, controlling the adjustment unit such that, among a plurality of methods for changing the exposure, a method having a faster response speed in response to an instruction to change the exposure is given priority and used.

主权项

1. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
an image capturing unit configured to capture an object image and output image data; an adjustment unit configured to adjust an exposure of the image capturing unit; a detection unit configured to, in a case where the image capturing unit is saturated with respect to light that is input, detect a signal level corresponding to a highest level of incident light in the image capturing unit after the exposure of the image capturing unit is reduced by the adjustment unit so as to reduce the saturation; and a control unit configured to, in a case where the exposure of the image capturing unit is reduced by the adjustment unit, control the adjustment unit such that among a plurality of methods for changing the exposure, a method having a faster response speed with respect to an exposure change instruction is given priority and used.