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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2001
Fumiko Uchino, Kyoto, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A digital camera is provided with an optical filter unit which is movable in the slide direction SL in front of the CCD , and infrared light emitters and for emitting near-infrared light. The optical filter has an infrared cut filter for cutting light in the infrared range, and a visible light cut filter for selectively transmitting light of the infrared range by cutting light in the visible light range. While maintaining the identicalness of the main object, the infrared cut filter is disposed above the CCD to acquire visible light image data via the CCD , and the object is irradiated with infrared light emitted from the infrared emitters and , and the visible light cut filter is disposed above the CCD to acquire infrared image data, i.e., non-visible light image data, by the CCD . As a result, a visible light image and a non-visible light image are easily acquired of the same object.