公开(公告)号：US12106529B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US18109929

申请日：2023-02-15

申请人： Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

发明人： Takaaki Yamasaki ,  Shinichi Yamamoto ,  Wataru Okamoto

IPC分类号： G06V10/141 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/50 ,  G06V10/147 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V10/60 ,  H04N23/63 ,  H04N23/75

CPC分类号： G06V10/141 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/50 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V10/60 ,  G06T2207/10024 ,  G06T2207/10152

摘要： An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image by receiving incident light, to generate image data; a controller that controls an image shooting operation using the image sensor; a recorder that records the image data as a result of the image shooting operation; and an adjuster that adjusts a light reception rate in each position on an incident surface, the light reception rate allowing the image sensor to receive the light, the incident surface being entered by the light corresponding to an image represented by the image data. The controller controls the adjuster to render the light reception rate in a position corresponding to part of the image on the incident surface different from the light reception rate in another position thereon, and causes the image sensor to capture the image with the light reception rate rendered different by the adjuster in the image shooting operation.

公开(公告)号：US11490001B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-01

申请号：US17352313

申请日：2021-06-20

申请人： Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

发明人： Hiroki Kasugai ,  Shinichi Yamamoto

IPC分类号： H04N5/232 ,  G06F3/16

摘要： An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to capture a subject to generate image data; an audio input device configured to input audio to generate an audio signal indicating audio to be collected during image capturing with the image sensor; a setting interface configured to set the imaging apparatus to an auto mode being an operation mode operable to automatically change a directivity of the audio input device in response to an instruction of a user; and a controller configured to control a sound collection area for collecting sound from the subject in the audio signal, wherein with the auto mode being set by the setting interface, the controller is configured to control the sound collection area to cover the subject by changing the directivity of the audio input device in linkage with an image shooting state of the imaging apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US11665391B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-30

申请号：US17571469

申请日：2022-01-08

申请人： Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

发明人： Hiroki Kasugai ,  Shinichi Yamamoto

IPC分类号： H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/44 ,  G06V20/40

CPC分类号： H04N21/4394 ,  G06V20/46 ,  G06V20/49 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/44008

摘要： A signal processing device includes an input interface, an image processor, an audio processor, and a controller. The input interface receives signals of a video and an audio acquired concurrently in a space where subjects exist. The image processor recognizes subject images in the video, to determine a first type of area where each subject exists. The audio processor recognizes sound sources in the audio, to determine a second type of area where each sound source exists in the space, independently of the first type of area. The controller uses the first and second types of areas to judge coincidence or non-coincidence between a position of the each subject and a position of the each sound source, to determine a combination of a subject and a sound source whose positions coincide with each other. The controller selectively determines the subject image to be output that corresponds to the combination.