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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an imaging apparatus including imaging means configured to photograph an image of a scene that is in a direction in which a user sees, outside world information acquisition means configured to acquire outside world information, and control means configured to control an operation of the imaging means based on the outside world information acquired by the outside world information acquisition means.