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Patent No.:

US 11572016 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2021

Image capture device and vehicle

Applicant:

Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Akiko Shiga, Tokyo, JP;

Toru Miyakoshi, Kawasaki, JP;

Satoshi Yamaguchi, Sagamihara, JP;

Akira Kinoshita, Yokohama, JP;

Kaoru Yoshino, Tokyo, JP;

Hitomi Naganuma, Kawasaki, JP;

Takashi Kuriyama, Yokohama, JP;

Koichi Fukuda, Yokohama, JP;

Yuki Kita, Kawasaki, JP;

Koji Nagaoka, Yokohama, JP;

Tomoya Nakagawa, Ichikawa, JP;

Masakazu Sekiguchi, Kawasaki, JP;

Takashi Shionoya, Koganei, JP;

Assignee:

NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Oliff PLC

Primary Examiner:

Robert Chevalier

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/345 (2011.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60R 11/02 (2013.01); G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); H04N 5/345 (2013.01); H04N 5/3454 (2013.01); H04N 5/3535 (2013.01); H04N 5/36961 (2018.08); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 9/04557 (2018.08); B60K 2370/18 (2019.05); B60K 2370/21 (2019.05); B60K 2370/52 (2019.05); B60R 2300/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.

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