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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Masashi Nakata, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/94 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01); G03B 11/00 (2021.01); H04N 13/218 (2018.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/218 (2018.05); G02B 5/3058 (2013.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G02B 5/3025 (2013.01); G03B 11/00 (2013.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus provide for: capturing an image of a subject from a position; capturing a plurality of images of the subject from a plurality of further positions around the position such that the plurality of captured images of the subject are different in image quality or view angles than the image of the subject from the position; and generating data to be output on a basis of the image captured from the position and the plurality of images captured from the plurality of further positions, where at least one of: the capturing the image or the plurality of images includes pixels capable of detecting light in an infrared wavelength band, and the generating includes synthesizing the image from the position and the images captured from the further positions and changing a synthesis ratio according to an image synthesis position.


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