Patent ID: 9479760
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G01S,G02B,G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A solid state imaging device, comprising: a first imaging device including a second imaging device provided to be separated from the first imaging device, the second imaging device including a calculating unit configured to perform a first calculation and a second calculation, the first calculation including deriving a first distance from stereo disparity using a first image signal and a second image signal, the first image signal being of an object as obtained by the first imaging device, the second image signal being of the object as obtained by the second imaging device, the second calculation including deriving a second distance from a parallax image obtained via at least one selected from the first microlens array and the second microlens array, the calculating unit being configured to estimate a target distance based on at least one selected from the first distance and the second distance, wherein the calculating unit is configured to adopt the first distance as the target distance in response to the first distance exceeding a threshold, and adopt the second distance as the target distance in response to the first distance not being more than the threshold.