Patent ID: 11857155
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 9:
10. A method of operating an imaging apparatus, the method comprising a first step and a second step,
wherein the imaging apparatus includes
a processor,
an imaging device configured to output image data, and
a light source,

the processor determines whether or not the imaging device has gone out of space of which at least part is surrounded by an object in the first step when the imaging device is performing imaging after the imaging device is inserted into the space,
the processor executes power-saving control in the second step when the processor determines that the imaging device has gone out of the space,
in the power-saving control, the processor is configured to make power consumption of a control target less than power consumption of the control target before the power-saving control is executed,
the control target is at least one of the imaging device and the light source,
the processor determines brightness on the basis of the image data,
the processor reduces an amount of irradiation light of the light source when the brightness increases in a state in which the brightness is greater than or equal to a predetermined amount,
the processor determines whether or not the brightness meets a first condition in the first step,
the first condition represents that the brightness is continuously smaller than a first threshold value in a first period, and
the processor determines that the imaging device has gone out of the space in the first step when the brightness meets the first condition.