Imaging apparatus and lighting apparatus for imaging
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkira FUJIMOTO, Yukihiro MATSUURA, Tadashi ASANO, Yukihiko YOSHINAGA
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus for taking an image of a face includes an imaging element having sensitivity for a near-infrared range and a visible range, a first optical filter provided between the face and the imaging element to reduce an intensity of a visible light entering the imaging element and a near-infrared light irradiating portion for irradiating the face with a near-infrared light.
Claims13
An imaging apparatus for taking an image of a face, comprising:
- an imaging element having sensitivity for a near-infrared range and a visible range;
- a first optical filter provided between the face and the imaging element to reduce an intensity of a visible light entering the imaging element;
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- a near-infrared light irradiating portion for irradiating the face with a near-infrared light.
A lighting apparatus for imaging irradiating a face taken by an imaging apparatus to which a first optical filter is provided at an imaging surface thereof to reduce an intensity of a visible light, the lighting apparatus for imaging including a near-infrared light irradiating portion for irradiating the face with a near-infrared light at a predetermined intensity being set on the basis of an intensity of a sunlight, assuming that the sunlight passes through the first optical filter in the vicinity of the face.
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