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US 7,582,871 B2Granted
Image pickup apparatus and a switching-over method for the same
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorShoji Tadano
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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorShoji Tadano
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An image pickup apparatus for outputting an image corresponding to a situation of a subject to an outside, including: a far-infrared camera for detecting an electromagnetic wave in a far-infrared radiation region; a visible-light camera for detecting a visible light, the visible-light camera including a luminance determining portion for determining the situation depending on a luminance of the detected visible light, and a lightness determining portion for determining the situation depending on lightness of the detected visible light; and a switching-over portion for switching an image captured by the far-infrared camera, and an image captured by the visible-light camera over to each other in accordance with the determination made by the luminance determining portion and the determination made by the lightness determining portion.
An image pickup apparatus for outputting an image corresponding to a situation of a subject to an outside, comprising:
A switching-over method for an image pickup apparatus including a far-infrared camera for detecting an electromagnetic wave in a far-infrared radiation region, and a visible-light camera for detecting a visible light, said switching-over method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.