Patent ID: 9071828
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging optical system; an image sensor having a plurality of light receiving elements two-dimensionally arranged therein; a light shielding member disposed between the imaging optical system and the image sensor, the light shielding member configured to make only a light flux, which has passed through a predetermined area of the imaging optical system, incident on a first light receiving element which is a part of the plurality of light receiving elements; and an image generation device configured to generate an image of a subject from an imaging signal of the first light receiving element, wherein the light shielding member is a plate-shaped member having a first light shielding material formed to correspond to the first light receiving element and formed to shield a light flux, which has passed through an area other than the predetermined area, formed therein, wherein the imaging optical system includes a first area having a first characteristic and a second area having a second characteristic different from the first characteristic, the second area being wider than the first area, only the light flux, which has passed through the first area, is incident on the first light receiving element by the light shielding member, light fluxes, which have respectively passed through the first area and the second area, are incident on a second light receiving element other than the first light receiving element, the image generation device generates an image of the subject from an imaging signal of the second light receiving element, and the imaging apparatus includes an image processing unit configured to perform at least one of blur correction processing, contrast correction processing, and interpolation processing of embedding a missing pixel when the image of the subject is generated from the imaging signal of the second light receiving element.