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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masakazu Terauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23299 (2018.08); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30181 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image-capturing device includes an image-capturing optical system; an image sensor; and processing circuitry configured to: control the image-capturing optical system to capture one or more preliminary images of an object to be tracked; analyze the one or more preliminary images; calculate tracking-control information using results of the analysis; and adjust at least one of the image-capturing optical system and the image sensor with movement of the object, in accordance with the tracking-control information to capture an image of the object that is being tracked.