Electronic apparatus and electronic apparatus controlling method
AssigneeSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
InventorsKUMIKO MAHARA, YUSUKE MORIYAMA
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Abstract
Noise is suppressed in an electronic apparatus including a light emission section and a solid state imaging element. The electronic apparatus includes an imaging section, a prohibition period setting section, and a light emission section. In the electronic apparatus, the imaging section captures image data. The light emission section emits irradiation light. The prohibition period setting section sets, as a prohibition period, a period during which noise is generated in the imaging section due to start or stoppage of light emission of the irradiation light. A light emission control section controls the light emission section so as to prohibit start and stoppage of the light emission during the prohibition period.
Claims12
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- an imaging section that captures image data;
- a light emission section that emits irradiation light;
- a prohibition period setting section that sets, as a prohibition period, a period during which noise is generated in the imaging section due to start or stoppage of light emission of the irradiation light;
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- a light emission control section that controls the light emission section so as to prohibit start and stoppage of the light emission during the prohibition period.
An electronic apparatus control method comprising:
- an imaging step of capturing image data;
- a light emission step of emitting irradiation light;
- a prohibition period setting step of setting, as a prohibition period, a period during which noise is generated in the imaging section due to start or stoppage of light emission of the irradiation light;
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- a light emission control step of controlling the light emission section so as to prohibit start and stoppage of the light emission during the prohibition period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.