Imaging device
AssigneeHitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
InventorsAkira OHTA, Rikiya KASHIMURA, Yoshiyuki MUTO
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Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an imaging device capable of quickly providing functionality which contributes to improved safety. The present invention is characterized: by comprising an imaging unit that performs imaging, a software program storage unit that stores a plurality of software programs, and a start unit that starts each of the plurality of software programs stored in the software program storage unit; and in that at least one of the plurality of software programs is a software program that contributes to improvement of safety, and the start unit prioritizes the start of the software program contributing to improvement of safety over the other programs.
Claims11
An imaging device comprising:
- an imaging unit that performs imaging;
- a software program storage unit that stores a plurality of software programs;
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- a start unit that starts each of the plurality of software programs stored in the software program storage unit,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of software programs is a software program that contributes to improvement of safety, and
- the start unit starts the software program contributing to improvement of safety prior to the others.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.