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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2014
Applicant:

The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masatoshi Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;

Hiromasa Oku, Tokyo, JP;

Tomohiko Hayakawa, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2006.01); G03B 5/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/17 (2006.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2259 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/2328 (2013.01); H04N 5/23264 (2013.01); G03B 5/00 (2013.01); G03B 15/00 (2013.01); G03B 15/006 (2013.01); G03B 17/17 (2013.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01);
Abstract

A blurless image capturing system sequentially acquires images with little blur, even in a situation where a camera moves. An image capturing camera unit and a mirror unit are both capable of continuous movement in at least a one-dimensional direction. The image capturing camera unit acquires an image of a physical object present within an object region by directing line of sight direction towards the object region by means of the mirror unit. The mirror body changes the line of sight from the image capturing camera unit. The drive unit changes an angle of the mirror body in a given angular velocity in accordance with movement of the image capturing camera unit and the mirror body In this way it is possible to keep the line of sight from the image capturing camera unit directed towards a physical object for a given time. The drive unit directs the line of sight from the image capturing camera unit towards another object region by driving the mirror body. The control unit controls operation of the drive unit.


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