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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shun Kaizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasutaka Hirasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yuhi Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Teppei Kurita, Tokyo, JP;
Ying Lu, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup unithas a configuration in which non-polarizing pixels and polarizing pixels are disposed, the polarizing pixels being provided per angle in at least two polarization directions. A demosaicing unitgenerates a non-polarized image, and a polarization component image per polarization direction, from a captured image generated by the image pickup unit. A polarization information generating unitgenerates polarization information indicating the polarization characteristics of a subject included in the captured image, from the non-polarized image and the polarization component image generated by the demosaicing unit. As described above, the polarization information is generated with not only the polarization component image but also the highly-sensitive non-polarized image not having a decrease in the amount of light. Therefore, accurate polarization information can be acquired compared to a case where polarization information is generated on the basis of the polarization component image.