Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capturing device and imaging element, and image processing method
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Application No.: US16619170Application Date: 2018-04-09
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Publication No.: US11108951B2Publication Date: 2021-08-31
- Inventor: Teppei Kurita , Shun Kaizu , Yasutaka Hirasawa
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Chip Law Group
- Priority: JPJP2017-115755 20170613
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/014915 WO 20180409
- International Announcement: WO2018/230119 WO 20181220
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N9/04 ; H04N5/341

Abstract:
In an image capturing unit 20, an imaging element has a 4×4-pixel area in which: pixels including at least one pixel of every color component of a plurality of color components are polarization pixels of the same polarization direction; and pixels which are not the polarization pixels constitute a majority of the 4×4-pixel area, and are non-polarization pixels. The unpolarized component calculating unit 31 of the image processing unit 30 calculates unpolarized components for each pixel and for each color component by using pixel signals of polarization pixels, and pixel signals of non-polarization pixels that are generated at the image capturing unit 20. The diffuse reflection component calculating unit 32 calculates diffuse reflection components for each pixel and for each color component by using pixel signals of polarization pixels, and pixel signals of non-polarization pixels that are generated at the image capturing unit 20.
Public/Granted literature
- US11076094B2 Image capturing device and imaging element, and image processing method Public/Granted day:2021-07-27
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