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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:
Jul. 28, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2018
Applicant:

Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Satoshi Nakayama, Sagamihara, JP;

Shutaro Kato, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:

NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); G01C 3/06 (2006.01); G01P 3/68 (2006.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G02B 7/09 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G02B 7/40 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G01C 3/06 (2013.01); G01P 3/68 (2013.01); G02B 7/09 (2013.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/3535 (2013.01); H04N 5/35554 (2013.01); H04N 5/35581 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01); G02B 3/0006 (2013.01); G02B 5/201 (2013.01); G02B 7/40 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image-capturing apparatus includes: an image sensor and a processor. The processor controls a plurality of pixels included in a first region of the image sensor to accumulate the charges with the light from a subject for a first accumulation time length, and controls a plurality of pixels included in a second region of the image sensor to accumulate the charges with the light from the subject for a second accumulation time length, the second region being different from the first region; and calculates at least one of a movement distance and a speed of a measurement target included in the subject, based on a first image obtained from a first pixel signal group from the plurality of pixels in the first region and a second image obtained from a second pixel signal group from the plurality of pixels in the second region.


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