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Patent No.:

US 9961248 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2015

Imaging system, illumination device, and control method

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Teruyuki Kojima, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshiro Ichihara, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division

Primary Examiner:

Lin Ye

Assistant Examiner:

Chan Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G03B 7/17 (2014.01); G03B 15/05 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); G03B 7/17 (2015.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G03B 15/05 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 5/23209 (2013.01); G03B 2206/00 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0521 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

To enable light emission shooting according to the condition of an imaging apparatus, an imaging system, which includes an illumination device capable of automatically driving a movable portion including a light emission unit to change a radiation direction of the light emission unit and an imaging apparatus, includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information classifying a lens unit attached to the imaging apparatus, and a control unit configured to control the radiation direction of the light emission unit based on the information classifying the lens unit acquired by the acquisition unit.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kojima, Teruyuki. (2018). Imaging system, illumination device, and control method (U.S. Patent No. 9961248). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9961248

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