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Granted Patent B2
US 12,067,650 · App. 16/980,190 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Imaging apparatus and imaging method

Inventor: Chenhui Huang (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06T11/003H04N23/55H04N5/33
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Patent No.
US 12,067,650
App. No.
16/980,190
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a filter that includes a region through which a two-dimensional signal indicating an image passes, and includes a portion which blocks at least a part of the two-dimensional signal in the region; a detector that detects a power of the two-dimensional signal passing through the filter; at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to reconstruct the image indicated by the two-dimensional signal based on the power detected in a plurality of conditions that differ in positional relationship between the two-dimensional signal imaged on the filter and a distribution of the portion.

Claims (28)

1. An imaging apparatus comprising:

a filter that includes a two-dimensional spatial region through which a two-dimensional signal indicating an image passes, and includes a portion which blocks at least a part of the two-dimensional signal in the region;

a detector that detects power of the two-dimensional signal passing through the filter;

at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to

reconstruct the image indicated by the two-dimensional signal based on the power detected in a plurality of conditions that differ in positional relationship between the two-dimensional signal imaged on the filter and a distribution of the portion,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to reconstruct the image based on an alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) algorithm using a transformation matrix obtained for each of the distribution of the portion and the positional relationship, the transformation matrix being different for each wavelength.

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is configured to execute the set of instructions to

control a position of the filter in such a way as to change the positional relationship.

3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the at least one processor is configured to execute the set of instructions to

control the position of the filter in such a way as to change the positional relationship by rotating the filter at a position where the two-dimensional signal is imaged.

4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the at least one processor is configured to execute the set of instructions to

control the position of the filter in such a way as to change the positional relationship by moving the filter in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the two-dimensional signal passes through the filter at the position where the two-dimensional signal is imaged.

5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the filter includes a non-transmission portion that blocks the two-dimensional signal as the portion that blocks at least a part of the two-dimensional signal.

6. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the filter includes a semi-transmission portion through which a part of the two-dimensional signal passes and that blocks a part of the two-dimensional signal as the portion that blocks at least a part of the two-dimensional signal.

7. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the detector includes a plurality of pixels that detect the two-dimensional signal at different wavelengths, and

the at least one processor is configured to execute the set of instructions to

reconstruct the image at each of a plurality of wavelengths based on the power of the two-dimensional signal, the power being detected at the plurality of wavelengths.

8. An imaging method comprising:

detecting power of a two-dimensional signal passing through a filter that includes a two-dimensional spatial region through which the two-dimensional signal indicating an image passes, and includes a portion which blocks at least a part of the two-dimensional signal in the region; and

reconstructing the image indicated by the two-dimensional signal based on the power detected in a plurality of conditions that differ in positional relationship between the two-dimensional signal imaged on the filter and a distribution of the portion,

wherein the reconstructing the image is based on an alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) algorithm using a transformation matrix obtained for each of the distribution of the portion and the positional relationship, the transformation matrix being different for each wavelength.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2020
From: HUANG, CHENHUI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053748/0860 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-052222 · Mar 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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