The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2016
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Shogo Tanaka, Saga, JP;

Kenji Tabei, Fukuoka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G03B 15/02 (2006.01); G03B 15/05 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); G03B 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/332 (2013.01); G03B 15/02 (2013.01); G03B 15/05 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2352 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); G03B 7/28 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0567 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0575 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0596 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging device is provided with a condition designating unit which designates, by time division, imaging conditions for capturing an image, and light emission conditions for emitting auxiliary light, an imaging section which captures an image including a subject according to the imaging conditions, a light emitting unit which emits auxiliary light with respect to the subject according to the light emission conditions, and an image composer which composes a first image that is captured under a first imaging condition during a light emission period in which the auxiliary light is emitted and a second image which is captured under a second imaging condition during a non-light-emission period which is continuous to the light emission period and in which the auxiliary light is not emitted, in which quality of an image which is captured in a low illumination environment is improved.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…