Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device
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Application No.: US14990249Application Date: 2016-01-07
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Publication No.: US09843737B2Publication Date: 2017-12-12
- Inventor: Yoshihiro Tomikura , Nao Kataoka , Yuki Sato , Shuji Goto , Takashi Yamana , Hiroyuki Miyahara
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2015-010478 20150122; JP2015-239815 20151209
- Main IPC: G03B7/00
- IPC: G03B7/00 ; H04N5/238 ; G03B9/08 ; H04N5/235

Abstract:
The imaging device comprises: an imaging unit, a shooting processor, an exposure information setter, and an image processor. The imaging unit stores electric charges in response to an incident light for each frame, thereby outputting an image signal. The shooting processor controls storage times, during which the imaging unit stores the electric charges. The exposure information setter sets first exposure control information that controls brightness of a first image signal generated based on a first storage time and second exposure control information that controls brightness of a second image signal generated based on a second storage time. The image processor combines the first and the second image signal. In the case where the first exposure control information satisfies a given condition, the exposure information setter sets the first and the second exposure control information such that storage times corresponding to frames adjacent to each other become equal to each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160219207A1 IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-07-28
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