Imaging apparatus, information processing device, image pickup method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program therefor for obtaining light field information

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PATENT NO 9451175
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14173007

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An imaging apparatus comprises: an image pickup element including a two-dimensional array of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, for outputting an electric signal of an optical image; a focus adjustment unit for adjusting a focus state of a photographing optical system; an image pickup control unit for obtaining electric signals from the image pickup element in a plurality of different focus states while changing the focus state by the focus adjustment unit; and a light ray determination unit for obtaining incident position information and incident angle information, which are light field information of the optical image of an object, by using the electric signals obtained in the a plurality of different focus states by the image pickup control unit.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Kimura, Masafumi Kawasaki, JP 76 446

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