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Patent No.:

US 8094217 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2009
Applicants:

Takashi Murooka, Kanagawa, JP;

Hideyasu Ishibashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Takashi Murooka, Kanagawa, JP;

Hideyasu Ishibashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); A62B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Provided is an image capturing apparatus comprising a plurality of first light receiving elements that are arranged on substantially the same plane and that each receive light of a first color component from a subject; a plurality of second light receiving elements that are arranged on substantially the same plane and with a higher surface density than the plurality of first light receiving elements, and that each receive light of a second color component from the subject; and a polarizing section that blocks polarized light components from the subject except for a first polarized light component so that first-polarized-light receiving elements, which are a portion of the plurality of second light receiving elements, receive the first polarized light component from the subject, the first-polarized-light receiving elements transmitting the light from the subject to be received by the plurality of first light receiving elements.


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Murooka, Takashi. (2012). Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method (U.S. Patent No. 8094217). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8094217

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