18709789. IMAGING APPARATUS (SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
IMAGING APPARATUS
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MUNESATO Kumagai of Sakai City, Osaka (JP)
IMAGING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18709789 titled 'IMAGING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
An imaging apparatus which is temporarily fixed to the outside of an observation window of a cooker to capture an image of a cooking chamber of the cooker comprises: an imaging device; a lighting device; a light quantity detection sensor; and a control device. The imaging device generates captured image data. The lighting device projects light in the imaging direction of the imaging device. The light quantity detection sensor detects light quantity in the imaging direction. The control device adjusts an output of the lighting device on the basis of the light quantity detected by the light quantity detection sensor.