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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Roderick Koehle, Munich, DE;
Markus Kamm, Karlsruhe, DE;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0253 (2013.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); H04N 13/0207 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical system includes an illumination unit and an imaging unit configured to image a scene including at least one object into a first image and a second image by using Helmholtz reciprocity. The illumination unit is configured to emit light into at least one light emitting solid angle and the imaging unit is configured to receive light from a light receiving solid angle. The light receiving solid angle is at least as large as each of the light emitting solid angles.