US Patent Issued to Canon on Dec. 9 for "Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and storage medium with exposure control" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,212, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and storage medium with exposure control" was invented by Ryota Sando (Kanagawa, Japan) and Aihiko Numata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing apparatus comprises a photoelectric conversion element configured to include an avalanche photodiode, a voltage control that controls the reverse bias voltage applied to the avalanche photodiode, and an exposure control that controls the exposure period of the photoelectric conversion element, wherein voltage control is configured to perform a change of the reverse ...