Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTOMONORI NAKAZAWA
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: a light emitting unit configured to emit pulsed light; an imaging unit configured to generate an image signal by exposure with reflected light acquired by causing the pulsed light to strike a subject and be reflected; at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor executing the stored instructions causing the imaging apparatus to: control a light emission timing of the light emitting unit and an exposure timing of the imaging unit such that the reflected light from the subject within a predetermined distance range from the imaging unit is exposed by the imaging unit, and change an operating area for performing a predetermined operation in the imaging unit on the basis of the predetermined distance range.
Claims10
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a light emitting unit configured to emit pulsed light;
- an imaging unit configured to generate an image signal by exposure with reflected light acquired by causing the pulsed light to strike a subject and be reflected;
- at least one memory storing instructions;
- and
- at least one processor executing the stored instructions causing the imaging apparatus to:
- control a light emission timing of the light emitting unit and an exposure timing of the imaging unit such that the reflected light from the subject within a predetermined distance range from the imaging unit is exposed by the imaging unit, and
- change an operating area for performing a predetermined operation in the imaging unit on the basis of the predetermined distance range.
An imaging method controlling a light emitting unit configured to emit pulsed light and an imaging unit configured to generate an image signal by exposure with reflected light acquired by causing the pulsed light to strike a subject and be reflected, the imaging method comprising:
- controlling a light emission timing of the light emitting unit and an exposure timing of the imaging unit such that the reflected light from the subject within a predetermined distance range from the imaging unit is exposed by the imaging unit;
- and
- changing an operating area for performing a predetermined operation in the imaging unit on the basis of the predetermined distance range.
A non-transitory storage medium storing a program of an imaging apparatus having a light emitting unit configured to emit pulsed light and an imaging unit configured to generate an image signal by exposure with reflected light acquired by causing the pulsed light to strike a subject and be reflected, causing a computer to perform each step of a control method controlling each unit of the imaging apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling a light emission timing of the light emitting unit and an exposure timing of the imaging unit such that the reflected light from the subject within a predetermined distance range from the imaging unit is exposed by the imaging unit;
- and
- changing an operating area for performing a predetermined operation in the imaging unit on the basis of the predetermined distance range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.