ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,409, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image capturing apparatus and control method therefor" was invented by Takao Sasaki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing apparatus capable of generating a depth synthetic image with a wide dynamic range efficiently. The image capturing apparatus including a changing unit that changes a focus position, an image capturing unit that obtains images with different exposures by one exposure at each focus position, and a synthesis unit that generates a depth synthetic image having a wider dynamic range and a deeper depth of field than the images obtai...