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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image capturing unit, an imaging element has a 4×4-pixel area in which: pixels including at least one pixel of every color component of a plurality of color components are polarization pixels of the same polarization direction; and pixels which are not the polarization pixels constitute a majority of the 4×4-pixel area, and are non-polarization pixels. The unpolarized component calculating unitof the image processing unitcalculates unpolarized components for each pixel and for each color component by using pixel signals of polarization pixels, and pixel signals of non-polarization pixels that are generated at the image capturing unit. The diffuse reflection component calculating unitcalculates diffuse reflection components for each pixel and for each color component by using pixel signals of polarization pixels, and pixel signals of non-polarization pixels that are generated at the image capturing unit