Patent ID: 9584714
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging apparatus that communicates with an external apparatus via a network, the imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging optical system; an infrared cut filter that cuts off infrared light; an image sensor configured to capture an image of an object formed by the imaging optical system; and at least one processor that operates to: insert and retract the infrared cut filter into and from an optical path of the imaging optical system; increase gain of a video signal output from the image sensor by use of a means other than retracting the infrared cut filter from the optical path of the imaging optical system; receive, from the external apparatus via the network, an adjustment command in which adjustment information about insertion and retraction of the infrared cut filter is described, the adjustment information being describable separately or in common for a case where the infrared cut filter is inserted into the optical path and a case where the infrared cut filter is retracted from the optical path; and control the increase of the pain of the video signal and the insertion and retraction of the infrared cut filter at respectively different timing based on the adjustment command received by the at least one processor.