IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSOR, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE

• Main Author: TAKENAKA HIROICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 19.09.2019
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

To execute distance measurement for all the directions by a smaller configuration.SOLUTION: The imaging device according to the embodiments and the modified examples includes: an imaging body containing an imaging element for receiving light entering through a lens; and a housing in which at least four imaging bodies are arranged. In the imaging device according to the embodiments and the modified examples, the housing is arranged so that the optical axis of one and that of another of the imaging bodies are substantially parallel, and the incident direction for one imaging body and the incident direction for another imaging body are opposite to each other, and each imaging body is arranged outside the imaging-possible range of all the imaging bodies.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】全方向の距離計測をより小規模な構成で実行可能とする。【解決手段】実施形態および実施形態の各変形例に係る撮像装置は、レンズを介して入射する光を受光する撮像素子を含む撮像体と、少なくとも４の撮像体が配置される筐体と、を備える。実施形態および実施形態の各変形例に係る撮像装置において、筐体は、撮像体のそれぞれが他の何れか１の撮像体と光軸が略平行且つ光軸上の光の入射方向が逆となり、撮像体のそれぞれが他の全ての撮像体の撮像可能範囲外に配置される。【選択図】図１