Patent ID: 7643183
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a light application unit that applies light to an object to be imaged; a first converging unit that converges diffuse reflection rays from the object to be imaged; a second converging unit that converges specular reflection rays from the object to be imaged; an image pickup unit that receives the rays converged by the first converging unit and the rays converged by the second converging unit, and generates image signals corresponding to each rays; an image data generating unit that generates image data by combining first image signals generated by the image pickup unit, corresponding to the rays converged by the first converging unit with second image signals generated by the image pickup unit, corresponding to the rays converged by the second converging unit; and an image data output unit that outputs the image data generated by the image data generating unit.