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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2022
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shuma Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Koji Nishimori, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/65 (2023.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/65 (2023.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01);
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.


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