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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
Takuji Yoshida, Chiba, JP;
Takuji Yoshida, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: a half-silvered mirror that divides incident light from a subject into light fluxes traveling along two optical paths; a first imaging device that receives one of the incident light fluxes divided by the half-silvered mirror; a second imaging device that receives the other one of the incident light fluxes divided by the half-silvered mirror; a first subject luminance information calculator that calculates first subject luminance information based on an output from the first imaging device; a second subject luminance information calculator that calculates second subject luminance information based on an output from the second imaging device; and a subject luminance information comparator that compares the first subject luminance information with the second subject luminance information.