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Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2022
Applicant:

Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hajime Yonemochi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01);
Abstract

Provided is a control device for controlling an imaging condition of a sensor having one or more pixels, comprising an event detection unit for detecting an event indicating that a luminance signal changes in excess of a predetermined threshold value in one or more pixels, and for outputting an event detection signal; a counter for counting a number of events detected by the event detection unit; and a control unit for controlling the imaging condition of the sensor, based on the event detection signal. In addition, provided is a control method for controlling an imaging condition of a sensor having one or more pixels. The control method comprises detecting an event indicating that a luminance signal changes in excess of a predetermined threshold value in one or more pixels; counting a number of events; and controlling the imaging condition of the sensor, based on the detection of events.


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