Distance measuring device, imaging device, and distance measuring method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYUICHI SUEYOSHI
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Abstract
A distance measuring device includes a first imaging element having a first pixel having a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, a second imaging element having a second pixel and having a first parallax in a first direction between the second imaging element and the first imaging element, and distance measuring means for generating integrated distance measuring information based on signals output from the first imaging element and the second imaging element, and the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions have a second parallax in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
Claims10
A distance measuring device comprising:
- a first imaging element having a first pixel having a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions;
- a second imaging element having a second pixel and having a first parallax in a first direction between the second imaging element and the first imaging element;
- a memory storing instructions;
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- a processor executing the instructions causing the distance measuring device to generate integrated distance measuring information based on signals output from the first imaging element and the second imaging element,
- wherein the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions have a second parallax in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
An imaging device comprising:
- a first imaging element having a first pixel having a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions;
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- a second imaging element having a second pixel and having a first parallax in a first direction between the second imaging element and the first imaging element,
- wherein the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions have a second parallax in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
A distance measuring method using an imaging device including a first imaging element having a first pixel, and a second imaging element having a second pixel and having a first parallax in a first direction between the second imaging element and the first imaging element, the method comprising:
- generating a signal having a second parallax in a second direction intersecting the first direction by a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions included in the first pixel;
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- generating integrated distance measuring information based on signals output from the first imaging element and the second imaging element.
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