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Imaging device and imaging method

US10078254B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 3, 2015
Grant dateSep 18, 2018
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B21/06
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An imaging device includes a camera 31, a light source 32, a polarizer 35 arranged between the camera 31 plus the light source 32 and an object 11, and a spatial light modulator 40A arranged between the polarizer 35 and the object 11 to control a revolution angle of an emitting light polarization plane relative to an incident light polarization plane.

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