Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image pickup apparatus including light source, image sensor, and control circuit
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Application No.: US15459021Application Date: 2017-03-15
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Publication No.: US10200637B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Toshiya Fujii , Takamasa Ando , Tatsuya Nakamura
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2016-072346 20160331
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; H04N9/04 ; H04N5/353 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/235 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/026

Abstract:
An image pickup apparatus includes: a first light source which, in operation, emits first pulsed light to project a first image of a first pattern at a first position in a predetermined region of a subject, and emits second pulsed light to project a second image of a second pattern at a second position, different from the first position, in the predetermined region of the subject; an image sensor including multiple pixels each including a photodetector that, in operation, converts received light into a signal charge, and a first accumulator and a second accumulator each of which, in operation, accumulates the signal charge; and a control circuit which, in operation, controls the first light source and the image sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170289468A1 IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING LIGHT SOURCE, IMAGE SENSOR, AND CONTROL CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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