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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

May. 28, 2021
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kei Kudo, Shiojiri, JP;

Teruyuki Nishimura, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 9/083 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/04557 (2018.08); H04N 9/083 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image generation apparatus includes: a spectroscopic filter switching a wavelength of transmitted image light depending on a change in distance between a pair of reflective films; an imaging element imaging the image light transmitted through the spectroscopic filter; and one or more processors, which switches the wavelength of the transmitted light to a plurality of wavelengths in forward scanning to narrow the distance between the reflective films and backward scanning to widen the distance between the reflective films, switches the wavelength of the transmitted light to wavelengths of red, green, and blue colors in the forward scanning and the backward scanning, synthesizing a color image by synthesizing spectroscopic images of the red, green, and blue colors obtained in the forward scanning performed once, and generating a color image by synthesizing spectroscopic images of the red, green, and blue colors obtained in the backward scanning performed once.


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