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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yuta Yamanoi, Toyonaka, JP;
Takehiro Yashiro, Hirakata, JP;
Kouichi Ishida, Sakai, JP;
Keizou Ochi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Noriaki Matsubara, Sakai, JP;
Satoshi Yokota, Toyonaka, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photometric apparatus includes a photosensor portion that receives light and performs a measuring operation for acquiring predetermined photometric data relating to the received light, a tilt sensor portion that detects a tilt angle with respect to a predetermined reference plane, and a measurement control portion that determines a tilt state of the photosensor portion based upon the tilt angle, and executes a measurement control process for specifying the photometric data acquired by the photosensor portion as effective photometric data, when the tilt state satisfies a predetermined condition.