Patent ID: 11937012
Assignee: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. An imaging method, comprising:
receiving, with an imaging unit, subject light through an opening in a housing and generating image data;
recording the generated image data onto a recording medium;
determining, based on the image data generated by the imaging unit, whether a light shield is at a position at which the light shield covers the opening to restrict the subject light from entering the imaging unit;
stopping recording the image data onto the recording medium when the light shield is determined to cover the opening; and
reducing an amplification factor of a signal for the imaging unit to generate the image data to a predetermined amplification factor after the light shield changes from a state in which the light shield covers the opening to restrict the subject light from entering the imaging unit to a state in which the light shield releases restriction of entry of the subject light into the imaging unit.