Legged mobile robot
First Claim
1. A legged mobile robot having an imaging device for taking an image utilizing incident light from external world in which an object to be imaged is present, comprising:
- brightness reduction operation execution means for determining whether a high-brightness imaging region is present in the image taken by the imaging device and for executing brightness reduction operation to reduce brightness of the high-brightness imaging region produced by high-brightness incident light, when the high-brightness imaging region is present in the image.
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Abstract
In a legged mobile robot having an imaging device (such as CCD camera) for taking an image utilizing incident light from external world in which a human being to be imaged is present, brightness reduction operation is executed to reduce brightness of a high-brightness imaging region produced by high-brightness incident light, when the high-brightness imaging region is present in the image taken by the imaging device. With this, when the imaged high-brightness imaging region is present owing to high-brightness incident light from the sun or the like, the legged mobile robot can reduce the brightness to image a human being or other object with suitable brightness.
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1. A legged mobile robot having an imaging device for taking an image utilizing incident light from external world in which an object to be imaged is present, comprising:
brightness reduction operation execution means for determining whether a high-brightness imaging region is present in the image taken by the imaging device and for executing brightness reduction operation to reduce brightness of the high-brightness imaging region produced by high-brightness incident light, when the high-brightness imaging region is present in the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of controlling a legged mobile robot having an imaging device for taking an image utilizing incident light from external world in which an object to be imaged is present, comprising the step of:
determining whether a high-brightness imaging region is present in the image taken by the imaging device and executing brightness reduction operation to reduce brightness of the high-brightness imaging region produced by high-brightness incident light, when the high-brightness imaging region is present in the image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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