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Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2019
Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kazunori Yoshizaki, Hachioji, JP;

Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/00 (2011.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 9/097 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/0451 (2018.08); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 9/04551 (2018.08); H04N 9/097 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging sensor including a plurality of pixels; a color filter including a plurality of filters arranged to correspond to the pixels; a first light source configured to irradiate a subject with visible light; a second light source configured to irradiate the subject with near-infrared light; a first processor including hardware, the first processor being configured to control an irradiation timing of each of the first light source and the second light source; and a second processor including hardware, the second processor being configured to generate a plurality of pieces of near-infrared image data on different near-infrared regions based on first image data and second image data, the first image data being generated by the imaging sensor by capturing an image of the subject, the second image data being generated by the imaging sensor by capturing an image of the subject.


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