Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photographing device and method
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Application No.: US17230145Application Date: 2021-04-14
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Publication No.: US11868146B2Publication Date: 2024-01-09
- Inventor: Masaaki Yasunaga , Keita Yamazaki
- Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kim & Stewart LLP
- Priority: JP 20088232 2020.05.20
- Main IPC: G05D1/10
- IPC: G05D1/10 ; B64C39/02 ; H04N7/18 ; G05D1/00 ; H04N23/695 ; G06K7/14 ; G06Q10/087 ; B64U10/13

Abstract:
A flying drone for shelf label checking includes a flying mechanism, a camera, and a camera interface configured to transmit and receive data to and from the camera. A flight control interface is configured to transmit and receive data to and from the flying mechanism. A processor is configured to acquire a first image of an object from a first distance with the camera, then extract an object region for the object from the first image. The processor then sets a flight path based on the object region and controls the flying mechanism to fly the camera along the flight path to a second distance that is closer to the object than the first distance. A second image of the object is then acquired from the second distance with the camera.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210365053A1 PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-11-25
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