Title:
VEHICULAR PHOTOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/195538
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a vehicular photography system that can further improve characteristics such as reduced power consumption. The present invention comprises: an event detection unit that is mounted on a vehicle and outputs an event signal according to the amount of change in the quantity of light received from a predetermined image-capturing range; an image-capturing unit that is mounted on the vehicle and that generates and accumulates electric charges according to the quantity of light received from a predetermined light-receiving range at least a portion of which overlaps the predetermined imaging range and performs image-capturing which is an operation of generating image information according to the accumulated amount of the electric charges; and a control unit that outputs, to the image-capturing unit, a control signal according to the event signal.
Inventors:
HIRATA AYAKA (JP)
NAKAGAWA KEI (JP)
HOSHINO KAZUHIRO (JP)
FUKUNAGA MASATSUGU (JP)
NAKAGAWA KEI (JP)
HOSHINO KAZUHIRO (JP)
FUKUNAGA MASATSUGU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2020/008279
Publication Date:
October 01, 2020
Filing Date:
February 28, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY CORP (JP)
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP (JP)
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
H04N5/232; B60R1/00; H04N5/225; H04N5/369
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2017013806A1 | 2017-01-26 |
Foreign References:
| US20180098082A1 | 2018-04-05 | |||
| JP2017521746A | 2017-08-03 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
TANAKA Hidetetsu et al. (JP)
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