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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Masakazu Nishijima, Ebina, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus is configured to photograph an image of a scene ahead of a vehicle. The imaging apparatus is provided with: an actuator configured to move an imaging range in an upward/downward direction by moving an imaging sensor in the upward/downward direction and adjusting a relative position of the imaging sensor with respect to a lens; a calculator configured to calculate a reference angle, which is an angle made by a line extending in a moving direction of the vehicle from the imaging sensor and a line extending to a traffic light, which is ahead of the vehicle, from the imaging sensor; and a controller programmed to control the actuator to include the traffic light in the imaging range on the basis of the reference angle.