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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging device capable of obtaining a desired viewpoint image without any restriction on the posture in image capturing in one direction. SOLUTION: The imaging device 2 includes: an imaging lens 11; an imaging element 13 for acquiring imaging data on the basis of received light; a liquid crystal shutter 19 divided into four or more regions and capable of controlling a transmissivity for each of the regions; a liquid crystal shutter drive section 14 for switching transmitting and blocking of each of the regions in the liquid crystal shutter 19; and a casing for accommodating the items. Since the liquid crystal shutter 19 is divided into four or more regions, the liquid crystal shutter drive section 14 can select a proper region corresponding to a desired viewpoint direction from the four or more regions in a case where the casing is in a certain posture and a case where it is in another posture different from the certain posture so that the transmitting and blocking can be switched. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging device which can improve the two-dimensional resolution of each viewpoint image, when a multi-viewpoint image only in a single direction is generated, based on image data which have been obtained so that the data contains information regarding the traveling direction of a light. SOLUTION: The imaging device 1 includes an imaging lens 11 having an aperture stop 10, a microlens array 12, and an imaging element 13, including a plurality of pixels P1 arranged in a matrix as a whole, each pixel having a rectangular planar shape. Each microlens is assigned with two pixels P1, arranged along a short-side direction d1 of the rectangular shape of the pixel P1 in the imaging element 13. An image processor 14 generates two viewpoint images, i.e., left and right viewpoint images, based on image data D0 obtained by the imaging element 13. Pixels (2×1) assigned to a lens is used to generate two viewpoint images, i.e., the left and right viewpoint images, in a horizontal direction, and thereby all the pixels P1 in the imaging element 13 can be used effectively. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image pickup device for acquiring parallax information while suppressing the deterioration of apparent resolution. SOLUTION: An image pickup device 1 is provided with: an image pickup lens 11; a micro-lens array 12; an image pickup element 13; an image processing part 14; an image pickup element driving part 15; and a control part 16. In the micro-lens array 12, 2×2 pixels of the image pickup element 13 are assigned to each micro-lens. In the image pickup element 13, pixels P are two-dimensionally arrayed along two directions C and D respectively rotated by 45° from a horizontal direction A and a vertical direction B. In the micro-lens array 12, the light beam of the image pickup object 2 is recorded as light beam vectors whose view points are different in the image pickup element 13, and parallax information is obtained. The image pickup element 13 is configured of the pixel array so that the pixel pitches of the horizontal direction and vertical direction can be made narrower than the case that the pixels of the same size are two-dimensionally arrayed along the horizontal and vertical directions. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus that can instantaneously set an adequate refocusing coefficient at the time of restructuring an image set to a desired focal point based on imaging data acquired to include information in the light travel direction, and also to provide a display apparatus utilizing the imaging apparatus. SOLUTION: The imaging apparatus 1 includes an imaging lens 11, a micro-lens array 12, an imaging element 13, an image processing section 14, an imaging element driving section 15, and a control section 16. In the image processing section 14, predetermined distance information can be extracted based on the acquired imaging data including information in the light travel direction by a distance information extracting section 143 and a refocusing coefficient α is set based on the distance information by a refocusing coefficient setting section 149. In a rearrangement processing section 144, the imaging data are rearranged based on the refocusing coefficient α set by the refocusing coefficient setting section 149. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image pickup apparatus for producing a suitable reconstruction image when capturing image pickup data so as to include information about a light advancing direction. SOLUTION: In a micro lens array 12, a pitch p12 of each micro lens 12-1 meets a predetermined formula. In image pickup data D0 captured by an image pickup element 13, image height deviation on a photodetection plane of the image pickup element 13 is avoided. Furthermore, an image height correction unit 149 may correct image height of image pickup data D1 so that the size of an image (unit image), in one side direction, formed on the image pickup element 13 in accordance with the micro lens 12-1 become an integer multiple of a pixel size (s) of a pixel P in one side direction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus which can adjust the depth of field of an image or express a characteristic blur after photographing based on actually obtained light ray information. SOLUTION: The imaging apparatus is equipped with an imaging lens 11 having an aperture stop 10; an imaging element 13 which receives light while retaining the traveling direction of the light ray, and generates imaging data D0 including a plurality of pixel data; a micro lens array 12, with one micro lens assigned to a plurality of pixels of the imaging element 13; and an image processing section 14. When the imaging data D0 is input into the image processing section 14, the plurality of pixel data which constitute the imaging data D0 are weighted according to the traveling direction of the light ray, and predetermined integration processing is performed to reconstruct the set image (image data Dout) at an optional focal point. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging device capable of generating a suitable reconfigured image even during acquiring a color image in the case of acquiring imaging data, including information of the advancing direction of light. SOLUTION: A color filter 15 is provided on a light receiving surface of an imaging element 13 in an imaging pixel 10 unit. Imaging data D0 including information of the advancing direction of light obtained by the imaging element 13 becomes pixel data of a plurality of colors. An image processing part 14 performs interpolation processing and integration processing after performing rearrangement processing during executing image processing (refocus arithmetic processing) including pixel data rearrangement processing of the imaging data D0. During executing the interpolation processing and the integration processing, the occurrence of cross talk between pieces of pixel data of the adjacent imaging pixels 10 is avoided, and the information of the advancing direction of light included in the imaging data D0 is maintained. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus easily suppressing generation of cross talk in using an array-like optical element for imaging. SOLUTION: A liquid crystal shutter array 10 including a plurality of liquid crystal shutters arranged corresponding to each micro lens 12A is arranged at one side (between the micro lens array 12 and an imaging lens 11) of the micro lens array 12. In addition, passage and blocking of an imaging beam traveling toward an image pickup device 13 are switched by each micro lens 12A by the liquid crystal shutter array 10. Overlap of beams on the image pickup device 13 is suppressed by image forming light beams by each micro lens 12A. An aperture array 18 having a plurality of apertures 18A may be positioned instead of liquid crystal shutter array 10. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To propose an optical pickup and an optical disk drive which can improve recording reproducing characteristics in multiple kinds of optical disks. SOLUTION: The optical pickup compatible with the multiple kinds of optical disks is arranged with a light source for emitting a first optical beam of wavelength compatible with a first optical disk or a second optical beam of the wavelength compatible with a second optical disk; an objective lens for condensing the first or the second optical beam emitted from the light source to respective recording surfaces for the first or the second optical disk; a first aberration compensation means, arranged in optical path for the first optical beam between the light source and the objective lens, for generating the aberration for canceling coma aberration generated due to the objective lens. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a tracking servo motor normally started during the recording/reproducing of any of DVD, CD and BD. SOLUTION: A CD and/or DVD objective lens 24 is arranged in a case 38 of an optical pickup so that its moving direction (horizontal direction in the drawing) matches a line through the center of a spindle in the radial direction of an optical disk 100. A BD objective lens 23 is arranged in a position offset from the moving-direction line of the CD and/or DVD objective lens 24. In the case of recording and reproducing the BD, by employing the tracking servo of one of a 1-beam method, a phase shifting DPP method, and a 5-spot DPP, the difficulty of starting the tracking servo motor is alleviated even if recording and reproducing are performed in a plurality of disks. Thus, the tracking servo motor is normally started, and both objective lenses are permitted to access the recording/reproducing area of the innermost periphery of the optical disk 100. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI