Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device and method, image processing device and method, and imaging element
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Application No.: US17040956Application Date: 2019-03-15
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Publication No.: US11159741B2Publication Date: 2021-10-26
- Inventor: Takuya Mikami , Yoshitaka Miyatani
- Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-068049 20180330
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/010765 WO 20190315
- International Announcement: WO2019/188396 WO 20191003
- Main IPC: H04N5/243
- IPC: H04N5/243 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
An imaging device and method with improved white balance control are disclosed. An image of an object is captured by an imaging element that includes a plurality of pixel output units that receives incident light that is incident without passing through either of an imaging lens and a pinhole. Each pixel output unit outputs one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated by an incident angle of the incident light, and on the basis of a detection signal acquired by the image capturing and acquired in the pixel output units, a white balance coefficient that is used for correcting a white balance of a restored image restored from the detection signal is set. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an imaging element, an imaging device, an image processing device, an electronic device, a system, or the like.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210029303A1 IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND IMAGING ELEMENT Public/Granted day:2021-01-28
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