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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Sei Yamamoto, Fukuoka, JP;
Makoto Kamioka, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 9/73 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 9/735 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image-capturing apparatus for capturing an image includes an imaging device, configured to obtain an image signal, a light-intensity estimator, configured to estimate a light intensity outside a shutter that limits an image capturing area of the imaging device in a state where the shutter is closed, and an exposure adjustor, configured to adjust an exposure of the imaging device located inside the shutter according to the estimated light intensity.