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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Toru Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Tanzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Toru Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Tanzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a monitoring system including an image capture module for capturing an image, an object detecting unit for detecting an object from the image, a monitoring range setting unit for setting a monitoring range in a side of the object on the image, a determining unit for determining the existence of a light source within the monitoring range, and an adjusting unit for adjusting one of an exposure amount of the image capture and a luminance of a pixel output from the image capture when the determining unit determines the existence of the light source.