US 8,078,048 B2 · Imaging device and video recording/reproducing system

Abstract

An imaging device includes a photographing lens configured to focus light from a subject, a splitter configured to split the focused light to left and right in an area, in which light diffused from one point of the subject becomes parallel light, so as to respectively form different polarized lights, an imaging lens configured to respectively image the split different polarized lights, a transmission unit configured to receive the imaged different polarized lights on the same plane so as to transmit any one of the polarized lights in each area of the plane, an imaging element configured to convert the transmitted light on the plane into an image according to an electronic signal, and an image generating unit configured to extract and interpolate the converted image in each area so as to generate two different images.

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Dependent claims

An imaging device comprising:

a photographing lens configured to focus light from a subject;
a splitter configured to split the focused light to left and right in an area, in which light diffused from one point of the subject becomes parallel light, so as to respectively form different polarized lights;
an imaging lens configured to respectively image the split different polarized lights;
a transmission unit configured to receive the imaged different polarized lights on the same plane so as to transmit any one of the polarized lights in each area of the plane;
an imaging element configured to convert the transmitted light on the plane into an image according to an electronic signal;
and
an image generating unit configured to extract and interpolate the converted image in each area so as to generate two different images.

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Imaging device and video recording/reproducing system

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Abstract

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