H04N9/04

LENS DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, OPTICAL MEMBER, IMAGING METHOD, AND IMAGING PROGRAM

Provided are a lens device, an imaging apparatus, an optical member, an imaging method, and an imaging program that are used to acquire multispectral images having a good image quality. According to one aspect, a lens device includes: an imaging optical system that includes a lens forming an optical image of a subject; and an optical member that is disposed near a pupil of the imaging optical system in a state where an optical axis of the optical member coincides with an optical axis of the imaging optical system, and includes a frame that includes a plurality of aperture regions, a plurality of optical filters that are disposed in at least one of the plurality of aperture regions and include two or more optical filters transmitting light having at least some wavelength ranges different from each other, and a plurality of polarizing filters that are disposed in at least one of the plurality of aperture regions and have different polarization directions. The amount of light emitted from the imaging optical system is changeable in the plurality of aperture regions.

IMAGING DEVICE
20220345606 · 2022-10-27 ·

Provided is an imaging device capable of adaptively acquiring a captured image according to an imaging condition. An imaging device (1) according to an embodiment includes: an imaging unit (10) that includes a pixel array (110) including a plurality of pixel groups each including N×N pixels (100) (N is an integer of 2 or more), and outputs a pixel signal read from each pixel; and a switching unit (14) that switches a reading mode in which the pixel signal is read from each of the pixels by the imaging unit, in which the switching unit switches the reading mode between an addition mode in which the pixel signals read from the N×N pixels included in the pixel group are added to form one pixel signal and an individual mode in which each of the pixel signals read from the N×N pixels included in the pixel group is individually output.

CONTROL DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD

A control device includes: a processor configured to obtain a first picture signal and a second picture signal, calculate first ranging information based on the first picture signal, calculate second ranging information based on the second picture signal, estimate a first subject distance corresponding to the first ranging information, estimate ranging information corresponding to a second focal position, perform arithmetic processing to determine degree of reliability of the first ranging information, and output a result of the arithmetic processing.

SPECTRAL FILTER, AND IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SPECTRAL FILTER

Provided is a spectral filter, and an image sensor and an electronic device each including the spectral filter. The spectral filter includes: at least one first filter having a central wavelength in a first wavelength region; and at least one second filter having a central wavelength in a second wavelength region. The first filter includes: a plurality of first metal reflection layers vertically spaced apart from each other; and at least one first cavity provided between the plurality of first metal reflection layers. The second filter includes: a second metal reflection layer and a Bragg reflection layer vertically spaced apart from each other; and at least one second cavity disposed between the second metal reflection layer and the Bragg reflection layer.

SPECTRAL FILTER, AND IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SPECTRAL FILTER
20220342129 · 2022-10-27 · ·

Provided is a spectral filter, and an image sensor and an electronic device each including the spectral filter. The spectral filter includes a first metal reflection layer and a second metal reflection layer spaced apart from each other, a plurality of cavities disposed between the first metal reflection layer and the second metal reflection layer, and a bandpass filter disposed between the plurality of cavities and selectively transmitting light of a certain wavelength region. Each of the plurality of cavities may have a multi-mode structure having a plurality of central wavelengths.

CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME
20220345634 · 2022-10-27 ·

Disclosed is an electronic device including a camera module, and at least one processor, wherein the camera module includes a micro-lens array, a color filter array, and a light-receiving element array, wherein a first row of the micro-lens array includes a first micro-lens and a second micro-lens adjacent to the first micro-lens, wherein a first row of the color filter array includes a first color filter and a second color filter disposed under the first micro-lens, and a third color filter and a fourth color filter disposed under the second micro-lens, and wherein a first row of the light-receiving element array includes a first light-receiving element disposed under the first color filter, a second light-receiving element disposed under the second color filter, a third light-receiving element disposed under the third color filter, and a fourth light-receiving element disposed under the fourth color filter.

Imaging element, imaging method and electronic apparatus

There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.

Solid-state imaging device, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic apparatus

The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic apparatus, in which both oblique light characteristics and sensitivity can be improved. The solid-state imaging device includes pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels is two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix and multi-stage light shielding walls are provided between the pixels. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a back-illuminated type solid-state imaging device and the like.

Imaging device, image processing device, and electronic apparatus

An electronic apparatus includes an imaging element having a plurality of image capture regions, each of the image capture regions having a plurality of pixels for generating an image signal; a setting unit that sets different image capture conditions for the plurality of image capture regions; and a control unit that corrects a portion of an image signal of a photographic subject captured under first image capture conditions in an image capture region among the plurality of image capture regions so that it is as if the portion of the image signal was captured under second image capture conditions.

Imaging device and electronic apparatus

The present technology relates to an imaging device capable of selectively taking out only a specific electromagnetic wavelength and generating a signal with an enhanced wavelength resolution, and an electronic apparatus. There are provided a first pixel including a metallic thin film filter configured to transmit a light in a first frequency band and a second pixel including a color filter configured to transmit a light in a second frequency band wider than the first frequency band. A signal in a third frequency band is generated from the respective signals of a plurality of first pixels each including a metallic thin film filter configured to transmit a light in the different first frequency bands. The present technology can be applied to a CMOS image sensor of backside irradiation type or surface irradiation type, for example.