IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a lens optical system;
an imaging device including a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels on which light having passed through the lens optical system is incident; and
an arrayed optical device being arranged between the lens optical system and the imaging device and including a plurality of optical elements each having a lens surface, wherein;
the lens optical system includes a plurality of optical regions, and the plurality of optical regions include a first optical region which primarily passes therethrough light oscillating in a direction of a first polarization axis and a second optical region which passes therethrough light oscillating in any direction; and
the plurality of optical elements of the arrayed optical device make light having passed through the first optical region incident on the plurality of first pixels and light having passed through the second optical region incident on the plurality of second pixels.
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus disclosed in the present application includes a lens optical system L, an imaging device N including a plurality of first and second pixels P1 and P2, and an arrayed optical device K, wherein: the lens optical system L includes a first optical region D1 which primarily passes therethrough light oscillating in a direction of a first polarization axis and a second optical region D2 which passes therethrough light oscillating in every direction; and the arrayed optical device K makes light having passed through the first optical region D1 incident on the first pixels P1 and makes light having passed through the second optical region D2 incident on the second pixels P2.
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28 Claims
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1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
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a lens optical system; an imaging device including a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels on which light having passed through the lens optical system is incident; and an arrayed optical device being arranged between the lens optical system and the imaging device and including a plurality of optical elements each having a lens surface, wherein; the lens optical system includes a plurality of optical regions, and the plurality of optical regions include a first optical region which primarily passes therethrough light oscillating in a direction of a first polarization axis and a second optical region which passes therethrough light oscillating in any direction; and the plurality of optical elements of the arrayed optical device make light having passed through the first optical region incident on the plurality of first pixels and light having passed through the second optical region incident on the plurality of second pixels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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13. An imaging apparatus comprising:
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a lens optical system including a filter which passes therethrough light of a predetermined band, and having a first region which primarily passes therethrough light oscillating in a direction of a first polarization axis, and a second region which is located at a position different from the first region and which passes therethrough light oscillating in any direction; an imaging device including a plurality of first pixels on which light having passed through the lens optical system is incident, a plurality of second pixels including a filter having first spectral transmittance characteristics, a plurality of third pixels including a filter having second spectral transmittance characteristics, and a plurality of fourth pixels including a filter having third spectral transmittance characteristics; and an arrayed optical device being arranged between the lens optical system and the imaging device and including a plurality of optical elements each having a lens surface, wherein the arrayed optical device makes light having passed through the first optical region incident on the plurality of first pixels, and makes light having passed through the second optical region incident on the plurality of second, third and fourth pixels.
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14. An imaging apparatus comprising:
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a lens optical system includes a first region which primarily passes therethrough light oscillating in a direction of a first polarization axis, and a second region which is located at a position different from the first region and which passes therethrough light oscillating in any direction; an imaging device including a plurality of pixels and an imaging surface, wherein the plurality of pixels include a plurality of first and second pixels on which light having passed through the lens optical system is incident and which includes a filter having first spectral transmittance characteristics, a plurality of third pixels including a filter having second spectral transmittance characteristics, and a plurality of fourth pixels including a filter having third spectral transmittance characteristics; and an arrayed optical device being arranged between the lens optical system and the imaging device and including a plurality of optical elements each having a lens surface, wherein; the plurality of pixels are arranged on the imaging surface by being arranged in m rows in a second direction from a 1st row to an mth (m is an integer greater than or equal to
2), each row being a group of pixels including 1 to 1 pixels arranged in a first direction (1 is an integer greater than or equal to
2);a position of a center in the first direction of each of 1 pixels arranged in a jth row (1≦
j<
m) of the m rows is generally equal to a position of a center in the first direction of each of 1 pixels arranged in a j+1th row; andthe plurality of optical elements are arranged on a surface of the arrayed optical device in t columns in the first direction from a 1st column to a tth columns (t is an integer greater than or equal to
2), each column being a group of optical elements including 1 to s optical elements (s is an integer greater than or equal to
2) arranged in the second direction, wherein a position of a center in the second direction of an optical element arranged in a kth column (1≦
k<
t) of the t columns is shifted in the second direction from a position of a center in the second direction of an optical element arranged in a k+1th column.
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