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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuki Kunihiro, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); G06K 9/00845 (2013.01); G06K 9/2027 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mode selecting unit () selects a processing mode of occupant monitoring by using vehicle information, and an area selecting unit () selects an area corresponding to the selected processing mode. An exposure control unit () then determines an exposure setting that has to be set on an image shooting unit () by using luminance information about the selected area.