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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
May. 04, 2011
Applicant:
Koichi Yoshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Koichi Yoshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/68 (2006.01); H04N 9/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided an imaging apparatus including an optical elements that disperses an incoming light from a subject into a first light composed of wavelength components in a visible light region only, and a second light which does not contain the first light and which is composed of wavelength components in other than visible light region only, a color image pickup device that receives the first light irradiated from the optical element, and a monochrome image pickup device that receives the second light irradiated from the optical element.