Patent ID: 7847825
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus in a system which comprises a plurality of image capturing apparatuses that capture, with synchronized timing, an image of an object moving in a space where a light source is placed, the light source emitting light whose intensity varies in a predetermined cycle, said imaging capturing apparatus comprising: a light source detection unit operable to detect the light which is emitted from said light source, and to convert the detected light into an electrical signal; a drive signal generation unit operable to generate a signal which is synchronized with the electrical signal outputted from said light source detection unit, and to output the generated signal as a drive signal; an imaging unit operable to capture the image of the object; and a signal processing unit operable to generate, from a signal outputted from said imaging unit, an image signal which includes a picture sequence that is synchronized with the drive signal, wherein said drive signal generation unit includes: