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20090140125 | IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention provides an imaging device where the temperature of an imaging area of the imaging device is accurately detected to perform precise temperature compensation and the imaging device can be minimized as a whole. This imaging device is characterized in that the device includes: the imaging element ( | 06-04-2009 |
20090153713 | Imaging Device - An imaging device including an imaging element having a plurality of pixels for switching a linear conversion mode for linearly converting incident light to an electric signal and a logarithm conversion mode for logarithmically converting incident light to an electric signal on the basis of incident light intensity,
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20090201385 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - There is described an image capturing apparatus, which makes it possible to conduct a high-accurate range finding operation irrespective of the position of the subject. The apparatus, comprises: a plurality of imaging elements; a plurality of luminance signal generating sections, each of which generates a luminance signal by mixing the plural wavelength signals with each other at a predetermined mixture ratio; a plurality of mixture ratio controlling sections, which respectively correspond to the plurality of imaging elements, and each of which changes a mixture ratio, at which the plural wavelength signals are mixed with each other, based on a positional relationship between a corresponding one of the plurality of imaging elements and a subject; and a range detecting section to detect a distance to the subject, based on a correlation between luminance signals, each of which is the luminance signal generated by each of the luminance signal generating sections. | 08-13-2009 |
20090251571 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging device ( | 10-08-2009 |
20100259655 | IMAGING DEVICE - A high-precision imaging device implemented by minimizing the number of members interposed between imaging surfaces of imaging elements and minimizing the cumulative error between the imaging surfaces of the imaging elements. The imaging device comprises imaging elements each including pixels having a photoelectric conversion function and a support in which the imaging elements are mounted. The imaging elements are positioned in respective optical axis directions by abutting on the support. | 10-14-2010 |
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20110243430 | IMAGE INPUT APPARATUS - Provided is an image inputting apparatus wherein luminance signals having a high S/N ratio can be generated even during nighttime with a small quantity of photons. An imaging element images image components. A color signal generating section generates color signals from the image components. A color space conversion section converts the color signals into a color space that includes luminance signals and color difference signals. The color space conversion section calculates a luminance signal obtained by adding the image components, as the luminance signal of the color space to be converted. | 10-06-2011 |