An image-capturing device includes a sensor, a visible-light-pixel driver, and a non-visible-light-pixel driver. The sensor is configured to have a plurality of visible light pixels having sensitivity to visible light and a plurality of non-visible light pixels having sensitivity to non-visible light. The visible-light-pixel driver controls light exposure to the visible light pixels and a reading operation for charges generated by photoelectric conversion of the visible light pixels resulting from the light exposure. The non-visible-light-pixel driver performs the light exposure to previously-set every two or more non-visible light pixels at the time of the light exposure to the non-visible light pixels and the reading operation, sums the charges generated by the photoelectric conversion of the two or more non-visible light pixels resulting from the light exposure, and creates the distance image on the basis of the summed charges.

Color separation devices, and image sensors including the color separation devices and color filters, include at least two transparent bars that face each other with a gap therebetween. Mutually-facing surfaces of the at least two transparent bars are separated from each other by the gap such that the at least two transparent bars allow diffraction of visible light passing therebetween. The at least two transparent bars have a refractive index greater than a refractive index of a surrounding medium.

An image processing device 100 comprises: an acquisition unit 110 that acquires a color image captured in accordance with incident light including visible light and near-infrared light, said color image including a first area and a second area that is captured with reduced near-infrared light in the incident light compared with the first area; an estimation unit f120 that estimates spectral characteristics of the incident light on the basis of color information of the acquired color image, and information modeling the spectral characteristics of the incident lights; a generation unit 130 that generates a visible light image and a near-infrared image on the basis of the estimated spectral characteristics; and a correction unit 140 that corrects the generated visible image and near-infrared image on the basis of the color information of the second area in the color image.

The present disclosure relates to a solid state image sensor and electronic equipment that enable degradation in image quality of a captured image to be suppressed even if any pixel in a pixel array is configured as a functional pixel for obtaining desired information in order to obtain information different from a normal image. In a plurality of pixels constituting subblocks provided in an RGB Bayer array constituting a block which is a set of color units, normal pixels that capture a normal image are arranged longitudinally and laterally symmetrically within the subblock, and functional pixels for obtaining desired information other than capturing an image are arranged at the remaining positions. The present disclosure can be applied to a solid state image sensor.

Disclosed is an electronic apparatus comprising: a camera module; a communication module; and a processor electrically connected to the camera module and the communication module, wherein the processor is capable of: obtaining an image of one or more external objects by using the camera module; recognizing at least one specified external object among the one or more external objects; transmitting image color information, corresponding to said at least one recognized specified external object, to an external electronic apparatus via the communication module; receiving attribute information on a light source for the image, determined using reference color information, corresponding to said at least one specified external object, and the image color information, from the external electronic apparatus; and correcting the color temperature of the image by using the attribute information received from the external electronic apparatus. Other various embodiments identified in the description are possible.

The present technology relates to an imaging device and a method for driving it that make it possible to create two kinds of images with less time deviation, and an imaging apparatus. The imaging device includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels is arranged, the pixel including at least a photoelectric conversion section that converts incident light into charge by photoelectric conversion and a charge accumulating section that accumulates charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion section. At least some of pixels in the pixel array perform an operation to transfer charge generated by the photoelectric conversion section to the charge accumulating section at different timings between adjacent pixels. For example, it is possible to apply the present technology to the imaging device, or the like.

A solid-state imaging device includes blue photoelectric conversion elements, green photoelectric conversion elements, red photoelectric conversion elements, infrared photoelectric conversion elements, and an infrared cut filter (IRCF) is layered on the blue photoelectric conversion elements, the green photoelectric conversion elements, and the red photoelectric conversion elements with a uniform film thickness. Color filters that respectively transmit the blue light, the green light, and the red light are layered on the IRCF so as to correspond with the blue photoelectric conversion elements, the green photoelectric conversion elements, and the red photoelectric conversion elements. A visible-light shielding filter is layered on the infrared photoelectric conversion elements. An ultraviolet cut filter layered between the photoelectric conversion elements other than the infrared photoelectric conversion elements and the IRCF, and between the infrared photoelectric conversion elements and the visible-light shielding filter with a uniform film thickness.

An imaging device includes at least one unit pixel cell including a photoelectric converter and a voltage application circuit. The photoelectric converter includes a first electrode, a light-transmitting second electrode, a first photoelectric conversion layer containing a first material and a second photoelectric conversion layer containing a second material. The impedance of the first photoelectric conversion layer is larger than the impedance of the second photoelectric conversion layer. The voltage application circuit applies a first voltage or a second voltage having a larger absolute value than the first voltage selectively between the first electrode and the second electrode.

A mobile device including: at least an imaging element; and a light-emitting device that irradiates a subject in accordance with imaging of the imaging element, in which the light-emitting device includes a semiconductor light-emitting element, and the difference of the normalized spectral power distribution at a wavelength of 580 nm and a value B representing a difference between normalized spectral power distributions in a wavelength range from 540 nm to 610 nm and a wavelength range from 610 nm to 680 nm are appropriate values. By providing a wavelength control element, it is possible to improve the color reproducibility and the like of a captured image. The mobile device achieves both sensitivity improvement and color reproducibility in a trade-off relationship.

To suppress the reduction in transmission efficiency due to the change of the chief ray angle in spite of using structural color filters. A solid-state imaging element includes: a light receiving element included in a plurality of pixels; structural color filters located above at least part of the light receiving element and each including a metal film a periodic opening pattern with a structural period smaller than a prescribed wavelength; and an interconnection layer located below the light receiving element and configured to acquire a signal of light detected by the light receiving element. The structural period is different between the structural color filters in accordance with a chief ray angle of incident light, and the structural period of the periodic opening pattern becomes smaller as the chief ray angle becomes larger, relative to the structural period of the periodic opening pattern at the chief ray angle of 0°.