公开(公告)号：US11487009B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-01

申请号：US16437965

申请日：2019-06-11

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hiroshi Iwai ,  Hiroshi Iwamura ,  Osamu Shibata ,  Tomohiro Honda ,  Tomohito Nagata

IPC: G09G5/08 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G06T7/20 ,  H04N5/33 ,  G01S7/484 ,  G01C3/06 ,  G01S17/93 ,  G08G1/16

Abstract: An image capture control device includes a recognition unit that determines whether a peripheral situation corresponds to a predetermined situation based on image data, and a controller that controls an infrared light irradiation unit to increase a pulse number of transmission pulses to be emitted to a target, when the recognition unit determines that the peripheral situation corresponds to the predetermined situation.

公开(公告)号：US11200688B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-14

申请号：US16429965

申请日：2019-06-03

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kenji Iwahashi ,  Hiroki Shinde ,  Tomohiro Honda ,  Noritaka Shimizu ,  Hiroshi Iwai ,  Osamu Shibata

IPC: G06T7/521 ,  G01C9/06 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S17/93 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G01C3/06 ,  G01S17/87 ,  G01S17/894

Abstract: An imaging apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle that runs on a road surface includes: a light source that emits illumination light which is infrared light; a solid-state imaging device that images a subject and outputs an imaging signal indicating a light exposure amount; and a computator that computes subject information regarding the subject by using the imaging signal. The solid-state imaging device includes: first pixels that image the subject by receiving reflected light that is the illumination light reflected off the subject; and second pixels that image the subject by receiving visible light. Information indicated by an imaging signal outputted from the first pixels is information regarding a slope of the road surface, and information indicated by an imaging signal outputted from the second pixels is information regarding an appearance of the road surface.