Patent ID: 11924554
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. An imaging system, comprising:
a camera mounted on a moveable apparatus, the camera configured to capture an image of a target object;
processing circuitry configured to determine any one of a fixed exposure condition and an automatic exposure (AE) condition, as an exposure condition, based on a distance detected between the movable apparatus and the target object;
a first range detector, provided on a front side of the movable apparatus in a moving direction of the movable apparatus, configured to detect the distance between the movable apparatus and the target object;
a travel distance detector configured to detect a travel distance of the movable apparatus; and
a memory configured to store a range of data of the exposure condition determined based on the distance detected between the movable apparatus and the target object, and the detected travel distance of the movable apparatus.