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Title:
IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/047220
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided are an imaging device and imaging method capable of accurately obtaining distance information having a wide measured distance range extending from nearby to a distant subject. An imaging device is provided with a three-dimensional measurement processing unit (10) for determining corresponding image areas among each image that are groups of image areas resulting from imaging of the same location of a subject, an evaluation value comparison unit for evaluating the corresponding image area determination accuracy for each group of corresponding image areas, a processing unit for generation of a distance image with evaluation values (16) for determining the distance from cameras (2a, 2b) to the subject for the corresponding image areas on the basis of parallax and generating a distance image, and a final distance image generation processing unit (20) for generating a final distance image on the basis of the determination accuracies and a plurality of distance images generated through the imaging of the subject using a plurality of types of focal distances.

Inventors:
MATSUO TOSHIHISA
Application Number:
PCT/JP2015/067350
Publication Date:
March 31, 2016
Filing Date:
June 16, 2015
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Assignee:
SHARP KK (JP)
International Classes:
G01C3/06; G06T1/00; H04N13/20
Foreign References:
JP2000310531A2000-11-07
JP2011117787A2011-06-16
JP2011185720A2011-09-22
JP2011118235A2011-06-16
US20110211108A12011-09-01
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HARAKENZO WORLD PATENT & TRADEMARK (JP)
Patent business corporation HARAKENZO WORLD PATENT & TRADEMARK (JP)
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