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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hitoshi Mitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Masafumi Wakazono, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 4/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G01J 4/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); G01J 3/447 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 4/04 (2013.01); G01J 3/447 (2013.01); G01J 4/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/2355 (2013.01); H04N 5/355 (2013.01); H04N 5/35563 (2013.01); G01J 2004/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an imaging device including: an imaging section including pixels that generate pixel signals on the basis of incident light, the pixels including a polarization pixel having a predetermined polarization direction and a non-polarization pixel; and a polarization rotating section provided on an incidence plane side of the imaging section, and configured to rotate a polarization direction of the incident light.