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US 2014/0152877 A1Published application
Imaging apparatus
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorHironori HONSHO
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus (100) includes an outer shell (1), a camera body (2) configured to move in the outer shell (1) and shoot an image of an object outside the outer shell (1) through the outer shell (1), an obstruction detector (71) configured to detect an obstruction in or on the outer shell (1) from the image shot by the camera body (2), and an obstruction remover (73) configured to remove an image of the obstruction detected by the obstruction detector (71) from the shot image.
Claims4
An imaging apparatus for shooting an object image, comprising:
- a case;
- an imager configured to move in the case and shoot an image of an object outside the case through the case;
- an obstruction detector configured to detect an obstruction in or on the case from the image shot by the imager;
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- an image processor configured to remove an image of the obstruction detected by the obstruction detector from the image shot by the imager.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.