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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Tsuyoshi Miura, Kawasaki, JP;
Ichiro Kagami, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriyuki Ihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsuyoshi Miura, Kawasaki, JP;
Ichiro Kagami, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriyuki Ihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In an image monitor apparatus for monitoring an image: a camera picks up an image; an emission control unit controls at least one light emitting element; an image signal acquiring unit performs analog-to-digital conversion of the image picked up by the camera so as to generate a digitized image signal, and stores the digitized image signal; a luminance examining unit examines luminance of the image represented by the digitized image signal, and determines whether or not the amount of light detected and stored in an image-pickup plane of the camera is appropriate; and a luminance control unit controls at least one of the camera and the luminance control unit so that the amount of light stored in an image-pickup plane becomes appropriate.