Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging system including lens with longitudinal chromatic aberration, endoscope and imaging method
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Application No.: US15519472Application Date: 2015-08-11
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Publication No.: US10334216B2Publication Date: 2019-06-25
- Inventor: Markus Kamm , Paul Springer , Thimo Emmerich , Zoltan Facius
- Applicant: Sony CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Xsensus LLP
- Priority: EP14003742 20141106
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/068412 WO 20150811
- International Announcement: WO2016/071020 WO 20160512
- Main IPC: H04N5/33
- IPC: H04N5/33 ; H04N9/64 ; H04N9/04 ; H04N5/222 ; H04N13/257 ; H04N13/207 ; H04N13/254 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N9/083 ; H04N9/76

Abstract:
An imaging system includes an optical unit that captures, from a scene, first images indifferent wavelength ranges when the scene is illuminated with not-structured light and second images of different wavelength ranges when the scene is illuminated with structured light. Thereby an imaging lens unit with longitudinal chromatic aberration is arranged between the scene and an imaging sensor unit. A depth processing unit may generate depth information on the basis of the second images by using optical triangulation. A sharpness processing unit uses the depth information to generate an output image by combining the first images. The optical unit of the imaging, system may be implemented in an endoscope.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170237960A1 IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING LENS WITH LONGITUDINAL CHROMATIC ABERRATION, ENDOSCOPE AND IMAGING METHOD Public/Granted day:2017-08-17
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