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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Applicant:
Hidenori Kushida, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hidenori Kushida, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control device includes: a determination unit determining which mode is designated in a single-eye imaging mode in which imaging is performed by using a single imaging unit obtaining an image signal by imaging an object by an imaging device and a compound-eye imaging mode in which imaging is performed by using plural imaging units; and a gain maximum value control unit changing a gain maximum value which is the maximum value of the gain of the image signal based on the determination result by the determination unit.