US 11,924,554 B2
Imaging system which determines an exposure condition based on a detected distance
Manabu Yamada, Tokyo (JP); Yuji Yamanaka, Tokyo (JP); Taro Kikuchi, Tokyo (JP); Keito Sawada, Kanagawa (JP); and Shusaku Takasu, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/603,601
Filed by Manabu Yamada, Tokyo (JP); Yuji Yamanaka, Tokyo (JP); Taro Kikuchi, Tokyo (JP); Keito Sawada, Kanagawa (JP); and Shusaku Takasu, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed May 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/054551
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/240323, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-103119 (JP), filed on May 31, 2019; and application No. 2020-012926 (JP), filed on Jan. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201206 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/698 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/698 (2023.01) [H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)] 12 Claims
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1. An imaging system, comprising:
a camera mounted on a moveable apparatus, the camera configured to capture an image of a target object; and
processing circuitry configured to
determine any one of a fixed exposure condition and an automatic exposure (AE) condition, as an exposure condition, based on a distance detected between the movable apparatus and the target object; and
set the exposure condition to the AE condition when the distance detected between the movable apparatus and the target object is equal to or less than a first threshold value.