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

Claim 6:
7. A non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store instructions for causing processes to be performed, the processes 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 generated image data, 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 subject light is determined to be restricted from entering the imaging unit; 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.