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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2022
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Shigei, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/13 (2022.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/1318 (2022.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01);
Abstract
Provided is an imaging device that includes an element layer including an image forming element, an illumination element provided at the same position as that of the element layer or behind the element layer in the forward-and-rearward direction, and an imaging element provided behind the image forming element and the illumination element. The illumination element is provided at a position different from that of the image forming element when viewed from the forward-and-rearward direction.