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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ilya Reshetouski, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2006.01); G01J 5/08 (2022.01); G01J 5/0802 (2022.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2013.01); G01J 1/0474 (2013.01); G01J 5/0802 (2022.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01);
Abstract
An artifact caused by secondary reflection is reduced. An imaging device according to an embodiment includes: a diffuser () that converts incident light into scattered light whose diameter is expanded in accordance with a propagation distance and outputs the scattered light; and a light receiver () that converts light diffused by the diffuser into an electric signal.