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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 5/23232 (2013.01); H04N 5/3572 (2013.01); H04N 13/0203 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit and a transmission unit. The imaging unit is configured to capture two images that are different from each other by a predetermined amount of an optical distance (focus) between an objective lens and an imaging device having a first resolution. The transmission unit is configured to transmit the captured images.