Imaging device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10244165-B2
Application number	US-201615368709-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2016
Priority date	Jun 27, 2014
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

An imaging device according to an aspect of the invention includes an imaging optical system ( 12 ) having a wide-angle optical system and a telephoto optical system which are provided in different regions, a directional sensor ( 17 ) that has a plurality of pixels including photoelectric conversion elements which are two-dimensionally arranged, pupil-divides light beams which are incident through the wide-angle optical system and the telephoto optical system, and selectively receives the beams, a pan/tilt mechanism ( 32 ) that moves a direction of an imaging optical axis of the telephoto optical system with respect to a direction of an imaging optical axis of the wide-angle optical system, and an image acquisition unit ( 22 ) that acquires a wide-angle image received from the directional sensor ( 17 ) through the wide-angle optical system and a telephoto image received from the directional sensor ( 17 ) through the telephoto optical system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An imaging device comprising:
an imaging optical system including a wide-angle optical system and a telephoto optical system which are provided in different regions;
a directional sensor that includes a plurality of pixels including photoelectric conversion elements which are two-dimensionally arranged, pupil-divides light beams which are incident through the wide-angle optical system and the telephoto optical system, and selectively receives the light beams;
a pan/tilt mechanism that moves a direction of an imaging optical axis of the telephoto optical system with respect to a direction of an imaging optical axis of the wide-angle optical system; and
an image acquisition unit that acquires a wide-angle image received from the directional sensor through the wide-angle optical system and a telephoto image received from the directional sensor through the telephoto optical system,
wherein the wide-angle optical system of the imaging optical system is a circular central optical system and the telephoto optical system of the imaging optical system is an annular optical system that is provided concentrically with the central optical system and includes a reflection optical system that reflects the light beam two or more times,
wherein the reflection optical system of the telephoto optical system includes at least a main reflection optical system that reflects the light beam and a sub-reflection optical system that further reflects the light beam reflected by the main reflection optical system, and
the pan/tilt mechanism tilts the main reflection optical system with respect to a light receiving surface of the directional sensor in directions of rotation about two orthogonal axes and tilts the sub-reflection optical system by an angle that is half of a tilt angle of the tilted main reflection optical system.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an object detection unit that detects a tracking target object on the basis of at least the wide-angle image, of the wide-angle image and the telephoto image acquired by the image acquisition unit; and
a pan/tilt control unit that controls the pan/tilt mechanism on the basis of positional information of the object detected by the object detection unit in an image.

3. The imaging device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the object detection unit detects a moving body on the basis of the wide-angle images which are continuously acquired by the image acquisition unit and uses the detected moving body as the tracking target object.

4. The imaging device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the object detection unit recognizes a specific object on the basis of the wide-angle image acquired by the image acquisition unit and uses the recognized specific object as the tracking target object.

5. The imaging device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the pan/tilt control unit controls the pan/tilt mechanism on the basis of the positional information of the object detected by the object detection unit in the image such that the detected object is at least within an angle of view of the telephoto image.

6. The imaging device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the pan/tilt control unit controls the pan/tilt mechanism on the basis of the positional information of the object detected by the object detection unit in the image such that the detected object is at least within an angle of view of the telephoto image.

7. The imaging device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the pan/tilt control unit controls the pan/tilt mechanism on the basis of the positional information of the object detected by the object detection unit in the image such that the detected object is at least within an angle of view of the telephoto image.

8. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a recording unit that records at least the telephoto image, of the wide-angle image and the telephoto image acquired by the image acquisition unit.

9. The imaging device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a recording unit that records at least the telephoto image, of the wide-angle image and the telephoto image acquired by the image acquisition unit.

10. The imaging device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a recording unit that records at least the telephoto image, of the wide-angle image and the telephoto image acquired by the image acquisition unit.

11. The imaging device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a recording unit that records at least the telephoto image, of the wide-angle image and the telephoto image acquired by the image acquisition unit.

12. The imaging device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a recording unit that records at least the telephoto image, of the wide-angle image and the telephoto image acquired by the image acquisition unit.

13. The imaging device according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a recording unit that records at least the telephoto image, of the wide-angle image and the telephoto image acquired by the image acquisition unit.

14. The imaging device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a recording unit that records at least the telephoto image, of the wide-angle image and the telephoto image acquired by the image acquisition unit.

15. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a focus adjustment unit that adjusts a focus of the telephoto optical system.

16. The imaging device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a focus adjustment unit that adjusts a focus of the telephoto optical system.

17. The imaging device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a focus adjustment unit that adjusts a focus of the telephoto optical system.

18. The imaging device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a focus adjustment unit that adjusts a focus of the telephoto optical system.

19. The imaging device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a focus adjustment unit that adjusts a focus of the telephoto optical system.

20. The imaging device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the directional sensor includes a microlens array that functions as a pupil division unit or a light shielding mask.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Ono Shuji

Classifications

• H04N23/55 Primary

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• H04N23/698

  for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture · CPC title

• H04N23/843

  Demosaicing, e.g. interpolating colour pixel values · CPC title

• H04N23/695

  Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects · CPC title

• H04N23/00

  Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof · CPC title