Imaging device and image sensor
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorSota Nakanishi
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Abstract
An imaging device, includes: an imaging unit in which are disposed a plurality of pixels, each including a filter that is capable of changing a wavelength of light passing therethrough to a first wavelength and to a second wavelength and a light reception unit that receives light that has passed through the filter, and that captures an image via an optical system; an analysis unit that analyzes the image captured by the imaging unit; and a control unit that controls the wavelength of the light to be transmitted, by the filter based upon a result of analysis by the analysis unit.
Claims17
An imaging device, comprising:
- filters that are capable of changing between a first state of passing light of a first wavelength, and a second state of passing light of a second wavelength, and are arranged in a first direction and a second direction that is different from the first direction;
- light reception units that receive light that has passed through the filters;
- and
- a control unit that controls the filters to be in the first state or to be in the second state, wherein
- the control unit controls gaps between the filters in the first state in the first direction and gaps between the filters in the first state in the second direction.
An image sensor, comprising:
- filters that are capable of changing between a first state of passing light of a first wavelength, and a second state of passing light of a second wavelength, and are arranged in a first direction and a second direction that is different from the first direction;
- light reception units that receive light that has passed through the filters, and that output signals;
- and
- a control unit that controls the filters to the first state or to the second state, based upon the signals outputted from the light reception units, wherein
- the control unit controls gaps between the filters in the first state in the first direction and gaps between the filters in the first state in the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.