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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2023
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular camera is configured to image at least part of surroundings of a vehicle body irradiated by a near-infrared light source attached to the vehicle body, and output a first video imaged. The vehicular camera includes: an illuminance sensor is configured to detect an illuminance of the least part of the surroundings of the vehicle body; and an output circuit configured to output a second video in which at least part of the first video is subjected to a first correction processing, when the near-infrared light source has a first light emission intensity, and output a third video in which at least part of the first video is subjected to a second correction processing different from the first correction processing, when the near-infrared light source has a second light emission intensity larger than the first light emission intensity and the illuminance is smaller than a predetermined value.