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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tadashi Fukami, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuhiro Chiba, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Takada, Tokyo, JP;
Norihiro Ohse, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/20 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); H01S 5/0683 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/2053 (2013.01); G03B 21/206 (2013.01); H04N 9/3111 (2013.01); H04N 9/3194 (2013.01); G03B 21/204 (2013.01); H01S 5/0683 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light source units, a sensor unit, and an interval control unit. The sensor unit is capable of receiving a plurality of emitted light beams from the plurality of light source units and sampling intensities of the emitted light beams at a predetermined sampling interval. The interval control unit is capable of controlling the predetermined sampling interval on the basis of an output characteristic relating to each of the emitted light beams from the plurality of light source units.