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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2010
Masao Hiramoto, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Misaki, Hyogo, JP;
Teruyuki Takizawa, Osaka, JP;
Masaaki Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Masao Hiramoto, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Misaki, Hyogo, JP;
Teruyuki Takizawa, Osaka, JP;
Masaaki Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image capturing technique for obtaining, at the same time, multiple images with parallax and an image that would cause no sensitivity problem even without mechanically operating any part of its image capturing system. The 3D image capture device of this invention includes: a light transmitting memberhaving a polarizing area A that transmits only a light ray polarized in a particular direction and a non-polarizing area C that transmits any light ray irrespective of its polarization direction; a solid-state image sensorarranged to receive the light ray transmitted through the light transmitting member; an imaging sectionfor producing an image on the imaging areaof the solid-state image sensor; and an image generating section for generating images based on signals supplied from the image sensor, which includes a filter array including a polarization filter. The image generating section generates images based on the light rays that have entered the polarizing area A and the non-polarizing area C, respectively.