- Patent Title: Imaging device, image processing device and image processing method
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Application No.: US16942323Application Date: 2020-07-29
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Publication No.: US11405603B2Publication Date: 2022-08-02
- Inventor: Yasutaka Hirasawa , Yuhi Kondo , Ying Lu , Ayaka Nakatani
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Paratus Law Group, PLLC
- Priority: JP2015-038165 20150227
- Main IPC: H04N13/271
- IPC: H04N13/271 ; G03B17/12 ; G03B35/26 ; H04N5/222 ; G01B11/24 ; G03B35/10 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N9/04 ; H04N13/133 ; H04N13/243 ; H04N13/282 ; H04N13/00

Abstract:
A third imaging unit including a pixel not having a polarization characteristic is interposed between a first imaging unit and a second imaging unit including a pixel having a polarization characteristic for each of a plurality of polarization directions. A depth map is generated from a viewpoint of the first imaging unit by matching processing using a first image generated by the first imaging unit and a second image generated by the second imaging unit. A normal map is generated on the basis of a polarization state of the first image. Integration processing of the depth map and the normal map is performed and a depth map with a high accuracy is generated. The depth map generated by the map integrating unit is converted into a map from a viewpoint of the third imaging unit, and an image free from deterioration can be generated.
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