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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Tomohiko Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Tomohiko Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); G02B 27/26 (2006.01); G02B 27/22 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01); G03B 35/10 (2006.01); H04N 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/26 (2013.01); G02B 27/281 (2013.01); G03B 35/10 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 13/0217 (2013.01); H04N 13/0257 (2013.01); H04N 13/0289 (2013.01); H04N 13/0434 (2013.01); H04N 2209/046 (2013.01); H04N 2213/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an imaging apparatus including a first polarizing unit that polarizes light from an object, a lens system that condenses light from the first polarizing unit, and an imaging element array that has imaging elements arranged in a matrix of a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, has a second polarizing unit arranged on a light incident side, and converts the light condensed by the lens system into an electric signal.