An imaging apparatus includes: at least one light source that emits excitation light for irradiating an object including at least one light emitter; a coding filter array including filters whose transmission spectra differ from each other; an image sensor that captures an image of object light, which is generated by irradiating the object with the excitation light, through the coding filter array and generates compressed image data; and a processing circuit that generates hyperspectral image data based on the compressed image data. The object light includes emission light, which is produced by the at least one light emitter by absorbing the excitation light, and reflection light of the excitation light reflected by the object. The filters include two filters whose transmission spectra differ from each other. A spectrum of the excitation light overlaps a transmission region in the transmission spectrum of each of the two filters.

An imaging apparatus includes: at least one light source that emits excitation light for irradiating an object including at least one light emitter; a coding filter array including filters whose transmission spectra differ from each other; an image sensor that captures an image of object light, which is generated by irradiating the object with the excitation light, through the coding filter array and generates compressed image data; and a processing circuit that generates hyperspectral image data based on the compressed image data. The object light includes emission light, which is produced by the at least one light emitter by absorbing the excitation light, and reflection light of the excitation light reflected by the object. The filters include two filters whose transmission spectra differ from each other. A spectrum of the excitation light overlaps a transmission region in the transmission spectrum of each of the two filters.

The invention relates to a digital long-range optical apparatus (1) for imaging an object (2), having an optical axis (OA), having a lens (3) for imaging the object (2), the lens (3) being arranged along the optical axis (OA), having a processor unit (4), and having a display unit (5) for displaying an image of the object (2), the processor unit (4) being line-connected to the display unit (5). The digital long-range optical apparatus (1) comprises a beam splitter unit (7), with the lens (3) being arranged first along the optical axis (OA) in a direction of light incidence (LE), followed by the beam splitter unit (7). Further, a first detector (8A) and a second detector (8B) are provided. The first detector (8A) is designed to detect first light (L1) generated by the beam splitter unit (7) and the second detector (8B) is designed to detect second light (L2) generated by the beam splitter unit (7).

The invention relates to a digital long-range optical apparatus (1) for imaging an object (2), having an optical axis (OA), having a lens (3) for imaging the object (2), the lens (3) being arranged along the optical axis (OA), having a processor unit (4), and having a display unit (5) for displaying an image of the object (2), the processor unit (4) being line-connected to the display unit (5). The digital long-range optical apparatus (1) comprises a beam splitter unit (7), with the lens (3) being arranged first along the optical axis (OA) in a direction of light incidence (LE), followed by the beam splitter unit (7). Further, a first detector (8A) and a second detector (8B) are provided. The first detector (8A) is designed to detect first light (L1) generated by the beam splitter unit (7) and the second detector (8B) is designed to detect second light (L2) generated by the beam splitter unit (7).

Provided in the present application are a camera module and a manufacturing method therefor. The camera module includes: a photosensitive assembly including a circuit board; a first lens structure, which is provided on a photosensitive path of the photosensitive assembly; a second lens structure, which is provided between the first lens structure and the photosensitive assembly, wherein the first lens structure and the second lens structure are jointly used for imaging, and the first lens structure is provided farther away from the photosensitive assembly than the second lens structure; a focusing assembly, which is electrically connected to the circuit board, and which is used to constrain the movement of the second lens structure along the optical axis direction of the first lens structure; and an anti-shake assembly, which is electrically connected to the circuit board, and which is used to drive the photosensitive assembly to move on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the first lens structure.

Provided in the present application are a camera module and a manufacturing method therefor. The camera module includes: a photosensitive assembly including a circuit board; a first lens structure, which is provided on a photosensitive path of the photosensitive assembly; a second lens structure, which is provided between the first lens structure and the photosensitive assembly, wherein the first lens structure and the second lens structure are jointly used for imaging, and the first lens structure is provided farther away from the photosensitive assembly than the second lens structure; a focusing assembly, which is electrically connected to the circuit board, and which is used to constrain the movement of the second lens structure along the optical axis direction of the first lens structure; and an anti-shake assembly, which is electrically connected to the circuit board, and which is used to drive the photosensitive assembly to move on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the first lens structure.

Systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention can perform parallax detection and correction in images captured using array cameras. Due to the different viewpoints of the cameras, parallax results in variations in the position of objects within the captured images of the scene. Methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention provide an accurate account of the pixel disparity due to parallax between the different cameras in the array, so that appropriate scene-dependent geometric shifts can be applied to the pixels of the captured images when performing super-resolution processing. In a number of embodiments, generating depth estimates considers the similarity of pixels in multiple spectral channels. In certain embodiments, generating depth estimates involves generating a confidence map indicating the reliability of depth estimates.

[Object] In a configuration in which an image of a target is captured using a plurality of imaging elements, the plurality of imaging elements can be efficiently disposed in a limited space.

[Solving Means] A branching optical system includes: a first branching optical system that separates first light belonging to a predetermined wavelength band from incident light in a first direction that is a surface direction of a plane including an optical axis corresponding to a normal direction of an incidence surface on which the incident light is incident; and a second branching optical system that is provided subsequent to the first branching optical system and separates, from second light after the first light is separated from the incident light, third light that is a part of the second light, in a second direction crossing the plane.

Systems and methods for implementing array cameras configured to perform super-resolution processing to generate higher resolution super-resolved images using a plurality of captured images and lens stack arrays that can be utilized in array cameras are disclosed. An imaging device in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes at least one imager array, and each imager in the array comprises a plurality of light sensing elements and a lens stack including at least one lens surface, where the lens stack is configured to form an image on the light sensing elements, control circuitry configured to capture images formed on the light sensing elements of each of the imagers, and a super-resolution processing module configured to generate at least one higher resolution super-resolved image using a plurality of the captured images.

Provided is an imaging apparatus including: a splitter that splits incident light into pieces of light of two or more wavelength bands; and two or more detectors that detect the pieces of light of two or more wavelength bands respectively and output signals from which wavelengths can be extracted tunably by post-processing.