IP Library Granted Patent US 10,011,371
Granted Patent B2
US 10,011,371 · App. 15/510,407 · Granted Jul 3, 2018

Control device, control method, and flight vehicle device

Inventors: Kohtaro Sabe (Tokyo, JP); Kayoko Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Kousuke Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Masaaki Masuda (Tokyo, JP); Takekazu Kakinuma (Tokyo, JP); Kazunori Hayashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
B64D47/02B64C39/024B64D47/08G03B15/006G03B15/03G05D1/0094H05B33/0854B64C27/08B64C2201/108B64C2201/127B64C2201/145B64C2201/146
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,011,371
App. No.
15/510,407
Filed
Mar 10, 2017
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2844
USPC
315/77
Abstract

[Object] To provide a control device which enables a flight vehicle device to obtain a highly precise image. [Solution] Provided is the control device including an illuminating control unit configured to adjust a light amount of an illuminating device according to an inclination of a body of a flight vehicle device that has an imaging device configured to photograph a photographing target and the illuminating device configured to illuminate the photographing target.

Claims (31)

1. A control device comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

adjust a light amount of an illuminating device according to an inclination of a body of a flight vehicle device that has an imaging device configured to photograph a photographing target and the illuminating device configured to illuminate the photographing target, and

operate a shutter of an imaging device when a movement speed of the flight vehicle device is equal to or lower than a predetermined value and movement acceleration of the flight vehicle device is equal to or lowerthan a predetermined value.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the inclination of the body is an inclination with respect to a horizontal plane.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the inclination of the body is an inclination with respect to the photographing target.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to

adjust a light amount of the illuminating device so that illuminance of a photographing plane of the photographing target becomes substantially uniform.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to

turn on the illuminating device when entering a photographing area in a vicinity of a photographing point at which the flight vehicle device photographs the photographing target.

6. A control method comprising:

acquiring an inclination of a body of a flight vehicle device with respect to a photographing target, the flight vehicle device including an imaging device configured to photograph the photographing target, and an illuminating device configured to illuminate the photographing target;

operating a shutter of the imaging device when a movement speed of the flight vehicle device is equal to or lower than a predetermined value and movement acceleration of the flight vehicle device is equal to or lower than a predetermined value; and

adjusting a light amount of the illuminating device according to the inclination of the body.

7. A flight vehicle device comprising:

an imaging device configured to photograph a photographing target;

an illuminating device configured to illuminate the photographing target; and

processing circuitry configured to

adjust a light amount of the illuminating device according to an inclination of a body with respect to the photographing target, and

operate a shutter of the imaging device when a movement speed of the flight vehicle device is equal to or lower than a predetermined value and movement acceleration of the flight vehicle device is equal to or lower than a predetermined value.

8. The flight vehicle device according to claim 7 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to

adjust a light amount of the illuminating device so that illuminance of a photographing plane of the photographing target becomes substantially uniform.

9. The flight vehicle device according to claim 7 , wherein the illuminating device includes a plurality of LED light sources.

10. The flight vehicle device according to claim 9 , wherein a plurality of light sources are installed in a two dimensional array shape on one or a plurality of surfaces constituting the flight vehicle device,the one or plurality of surfaces facing the photographing target.

11. The flight vehicle device according to claim 10 , wherein the plurality of light sources are nstalled in a plurality of regions, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to control light amounts of the plurality of light sources for each of the plurality of regions according to the inclination of the body.

12. The flight vehicle device according to claim 10 , wherein the plurality of light sources include an LED light source.

13. The flight vehicle device according to claim 9 , wherein at least some LED light sources among the LED light sources have an optical member that changes directionality.

14. The flight vehicle device according to claim 7 , comprising:

a first servo motor configured to drive the imaging device to rotate the imaging device in a tilt direction; and

a second servo motor configured to drive the imaging device to rotate the imaging device in a roll direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2017
From: SABE, KOHTARO; TANAKA, KAYOKO; SUZUKI, KOUSUKE; MASUDA, MASAAKI; KAKINUMA, TAKEKAZU; HAYASHI, KAZUNORI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041974/0934 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-212657 · Oct 17, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170283088A1 · Oct 5, 2017
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