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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuhi Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Yasutaka Hirasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Ying Lu, Tokyo, JP;
Ayaka Nakatani, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging unithas a configuration in which an identical polarization pixel block made up of a plurality of pixels with an identical polarization direction is provided for each of a plurality of polarization directions and pixels of respective predetermined colors are provided in the identical polarization pixel block. A correction processing unitperforms correction processing such as white balance correction on a polarized image generated by the imaging unit. A polarized image processing unitseparates or extracts a reflection component using the polarized image after the correction processing. By using a polarized image of the separated or extracted reflection component, for example, it is possible to generate normal line information with high accuracy.