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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2021
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Izumihara, Tokyo, JP;
Fumihito Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Ogasawara, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Endo, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Higuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kyouhei Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Arinobu Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Tomotsugu Minamikawa, Tokyo, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a mobile device that operates in order to image a subject, the mobile device including an imaging unit, a sensor that recognizes a surrounding environment, and a light emitting unit disposed on a housing in a ring shape or on the entire surface of the housing. The operation of the mobile device includes imaging, based on a set photographing plan, with the imaging unit, the subject recognized by the sensor as the mobile device moves. The light emitting unit performs a light emission expression corresponding to at least one of the photographing plan and the operation of the mobile device.