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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2015
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Umeda, Esslinger, DE;
Takatoshi Nakata, Yokohama, JP;
Shinsuke Tachibana, Yokohama, JP;
Yasushi Koshiba, Yokohama, JP;
Shota Iwano, Sagamihara, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
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.