Kyocera Corporation

Hidetoshi Umeda

Takatoshi Nakata

Hiroyuki Sato

Yasushi Koshiba

Tadashi Yokota

Shota Iwano

Tomoo Nishino

Shinsuke Tachibana

Mizuki Suzumura

An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor and an image processor. The image sensor has at least one type of color filter and a specific filter disposed thereon in a manner corresponding to each pixel on a light receiving surface. The specific filter transmits light in a particular wavelength range in which spectral irradiance of sunlight is lower than that in wavelength ranges adjacent to either side of the particular wavelength range. The image processor detects an emission state of a particular light source based on a signal component of an image signal generated by pixels having the specific filters thereon. The particular light source is different from the sunlight.

Imaging apparatus with image sensor for detecting light in an atmospheric peak and vehicle having same

An imaging apparatus capable of outputting pixel signals to one or more output destinations includes an imager having a plurality of pixels that are arrayed two-dimensionally and respectively can generate pixel signals; an identifier adding unit configured to add an identifier associated with at least one output destination to each of pixel signals of at least a part of pixels among the plurality of pixels and an image processing unit configured to output each of the pixel signals to an output destination that corresponds to an identifier included in each of the pixel signals.

Imaging apparatus, camera system and signal output method

It is possible to improve a response of a dynamic range expansion processing. The present image signal processing method includes a first step (ST) of extracting distribution parameters from a distribution of pixel signal levels composing an image signal of one picture, a second step (ST, ST) of determining a target value (BP, BP, etc.) of a break point based on extracted distribution parameters for a break point at which an inclination of an image signal level changes with respect to a cumulative change of amount of incident light upon pixels of the imaging portion changes, and a third step (ST, ST) of controlling the imaging portion so as to obtain a target value and change an output saturation characteristic of the image signal.

Image signal processing method and image signal processing device

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Hidetoshi Umeda