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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Toshiya Fujii, Shiga, JP;

Takamasa Ando, Osaka, JP;

Tatsuya Nakamura, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/353 (2013.01); A61B 5/0062 (2013.01); A61B 5/0261 (2013.01); A61B 5/4064 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image pickup apparatus includes: a first light source which, in operation, emits first pulsed light to project a first image of a first pattern at a first position in a predetermined region of a subject, and emits second pulsed light to project a second image of a second pattern at a second position, different from the first position, in the predetermined region of the subject; an image sensor including multiple pixels each including a photodetector that, in operation, converts received light into a signal charge, and a first accumulator and a second accumulator each of which, in operation, accumulates the signal charge; and a control circuit which, in operation, controls the first light source and the image sensor.


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