- Patent Title: Imaging device modulating intensity of light with grating pattern
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Application No.: US16078751Application Date: 2016-02-26
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Publication No.: US10911643B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Takeshi Shimano
- Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
- Current Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Mattingly & Malur, PC
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/055741 WO 20160226
- International Announcement: WO2017/145348 WO 20170831
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; H04N5/238 ; H04N5/217 ; H04N5/232 ; G02F1/133 ; H04N1/40

Abstract:
An image sensor has a plurality of pixels arranged in an array on an imaging surface and converts a captured optical image into an image signal. A modulator is provided on a light receiving surface of the image sensor and modulates the light intensity using a grating pattern. An image processor performs image processing of the image signal output from the image sensor. The modulator has a grating substrate and a first grating pattern is formed on a first side of the grating substrate adjacent to a light receiving side of the image sensor. The grating pattern is composed of a plurality of concentric circle patterns. Each concentric circle pattern has concentric circles having a pitch which becomes smaller in inverse proportion to the distance from the center thereof. The plurality of concentric circle patterns do not overlap with each other in the grating pattern.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190020789A1 IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-01-17
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