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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/615 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/615 (2023.01);
Abstract
There is provided an imaging device capable of improving image quality of a reconstructed image in lensless imaging, and a method of operating the imaging device. A mask that is provided at a preceding stage of an imaging element and modulates incident light is a mask including a pattern defined by a non-binary URA. The present disclosure can be applied to a lensless camera.