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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2021
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hirotaka Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/296 (2018.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/296 (2018.05); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06T 7/85 (2017.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a moving body that includes a stereo camera including a first imaging unit and a second imaging unit. The moving body further incudes a base length changing unit that moves at least one of the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit so as to change a base length between the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit, and a moving body control unit that controls the base length changing unit such that the base length is adjusted to a target base length according to a state variable indicating information of a variable imaging state of the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit.