Patent ID: 9596454
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging apparatus, comprising: a first imaging device including a first filter, the first imaging device configured to perform photoelectric conversion on subject light that is input through the first filter to output a first image signal, the first filter preventing light in a predetermined wavelength band of wavelengths longer than a wavelength of visible light from being transmitted; a second imaging device that is arranged at a position different from a position of the first imaging device and the second imaging device is configured to perform photoelectric conversion on subject light containing a wavelength component of the light in the predetermined wavelength band to output a second image signal; a correlation detection device configured to generate correlation information from the first image signal and the second image signal; a luminance signal generation device configured to generate a luminance signal from the second image signal; a color signal generation device configured to generate a color signal from at least one of the first image signal and the second image signal; and a three-dimensional image generation device configured to generate a three-dimensional image based on the correlation information, the luminance signal, and the color signal, and to transmit the generated three-dimensional image to a display device, wherein the first filter is configured to prevent transmission of light in a wavelength band of infrared rays, and wherein the correlation detection device is configured to generate the correlation information between the first image signal and the second image signal by using a normalized correlation method.