Polarization imaging system and polarization imaging method
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorsPiergiorgio Sartor, Alexander Gatto, Zoltan Facius, Matthias Schinzel, Markus Kamm
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally pertains to a polarization imaging system having: an imaging portion having a color channel element of a first color type and a color channel element of a second color type; and a light polarization portion configured to: provide a first light polarization of a first polarization type for the first color type and a second light polarization of the first polarization type for the second color type; and convert a second polarization type into the first polarization type, whereby the second polarization type is detectable in the imaging portion.
Claims20
A polarization imaging system comprising:
- an imaging portion having a color channel element of a first color type and a color channel element of a second color type;
- a light polarization portion configured to:
- in an optical path before an object:
- receive light of the first color type and light of the second color type;
- and
- as a first polarization, individually provide a first light polarization of a first polarization type for the light of the first color type and a second light polarization of the first polarization type for the light of the second color type, and
- in an optical path after the object:
- as a second polarization, convert a second polarization type into the first polarization type, whereby the second polarization type converted into the first polarization type is detectable in the imaging portion;
- and
- control circuitry configured to control the second polarization based upon the first polarization.
A polarization imaging method comprising:
- in an optical path before an object:
- receiving light of a first color type and light of a second color type;
- and
- as a first polarization, individually providing a first light polarization of a first polarization type for the light of the first color type and a second light polarization of the first polarization type for the light of the second color type,
- in an optical path after the object:
- as a second polarization, converting a second polarization type into the first polarization type, whereby the second polarization type converted into the first polarization type is detectable in an imaging portion including a color channel element of the first color type and a color channel element of the second color type, and
- controlling the second polarization based upon the first polarization.
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