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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2022
Imaging system, imaging method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and moving apparatus
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shuma Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Nishimori, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging system, having an imaging apparatus and a moving apparatus that moves with the imaging apparatus mounted thereon, includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a movable time, which is a time when the moving apparatus is capable of moving, based on a residual battery capacity of a first power supply that supplies power to the moving apparatus; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire an imageable time, which is a time when the imaging apparatus is capable of imaging, based on a residual battery capacity of a second power supply that supplies power to the imaging apparatus; and a control unit configured to control whether power is fed from the second power supply to the moving apparatus or power is fed from the first power supply to the imaging apparatus, based on at least one of the movable time and the imageable time.