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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuki Kanai, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06T 5/80 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06T 5/80 (2024.01); G06T 2207/20132 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus capable of capturing essential parts in high resolution comprises an image capturing unit configured to include an optical system that forms a low-resolution region on the central side of a light-receiving surface and a high-resolution region on the peripheral side of the light-receiving surface, wherein the image capturing unit is arranged on a vehicle so that an image of a lower side and forward-rearward direction of the vehicle is formed in the high-resolution region of the light-receiving surface of the image capturing unit by the optical system.