Imaging device, method thereof, and program

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8401603
APP PUB NO 20110015506A1
SERIAL NO

12891947

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To realize an imaging device, imaging method and program capable of improving image quality. This invention controls light sources so as to irradiate a body with irradiation light of a luminance level higher than that in the air arriving at the body, adjusts the imaging sensitivity of a solid imaging element for performing photoelectric conversion on pattern scattered light obtained through the inside of the body, and masks the luminance level deterioration region of a pattern image obtained from the solid imaging element to treat the masked image as an image to be composed with a reference image.

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  • SONY CORPORATION

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Sato, Hideo Tokyo, JP 351 3932

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