{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-10491831","patent":{"patent_number":"US-10491831","title":"Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and recording medium","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2019-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2019-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["H04N","G06F","G06T","G06T","G06T","G06T","G06T","H04N","H04N","H04N","H04N","H04N","G06N","G06T"],"num_claims":7,"abstract":"An image pickup apparatus according to an embodiment includes an image pickup unit configured to take an image including an object, a shooting condition control unit configured to control a shooting condition for the image pickup unit so that no blown out highlight occurs in a taken image taken by the image pickup unit, an object extraction unit configured to extract the object included in the taken image, a block-division unit configured to divide the taken image into a plurality of blocks according to the object extracted by the object extraction unit, a gamma correction unit configured to gamma-correct a gradation value of the taken image for each block by using a gamma value set for each block based on the object, and a boundary correction unit configured to correct the gradation value in a boundary area between adjoining blocks."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and recording medium","description":"An image pickup apparatus according to an embodiment includes an image pickup unit configured to take an image including an object, a shooting condition control unit configured to control a shooting c","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-10491831","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-10491831","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and recording medium\" (US-10491831). https://patentable.app/patents/US-10491831","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-10491831","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-10491831","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-31T14:39:02.548Z"}