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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1995
Information processing apparatus and remote apparatus for object, using distance measuring apparatus
Takashi Kawabata, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus using a distance measuring apparatus includes a distance measuring device for producing distance information related to a distance for each of different areas in a scene, a photometry device for measuring brightness information of the scene, the photometry device dividing each of the areas measured by the distance measuring device into a plurality of divided areas and outputting the brightness information for each of the divided areas, and a signal processor. The signal processor detects a characteristic portion on the scene from the distance information for each of the areas and the brightness information from each of the divided areas, detects the characteristic portion in units for each of the divided areas, compares the characteristic portion with standard information on the scene and extracts scene information.