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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); G02B 5/20 (2013.01); G02B 5/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image generator is provided which obtains a specular image and a diffuse image from an image acquired by a polarized light field camera by separating two reflection components of a subject, and a control method thereof. The image generator may include a main lens, a polarizing filter part, a photosensor, a microlens array, and a controller that generates a single image in response to the electrical image signal and extracts, from the generated image, a specular image and a diffuse image that exhibit different reflection characteristics of the subject.