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  "description": "An imaging apparatus (1) comprises: a camera (100) (101) for generating a plurality of differently exposed images with parallax; an image brightness adjuster (200) (201) for adjusting the brightness of a plurality of images based on the exposure; a matching unit (21) (22) for using a plurality of…",
  "path": "/patents/998167",
  "publishedAt": "2012-09-19T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
  "tags": [
    "G01C3/08",
    "PANASONIC CORP [JP]"
  ],
  "textContent": "An imaging apparatus (1) comprises: a camera (100) (101) for generating a plurality of differently exposed images with parallax; an image brightness adjuster (200) (201) for adjusting the brightness of a plurality of images based on the exposure; a matching unit (21) (22) for using a plurality of brightness-adjusted images to perform matching between the images, and determining matching information; a distance calculator (31) for determining the distance to a given subject based on matching information; a position corrector (24) for correcting positions in an image with parallax so as to eliminate the parallax from the image with parallax, based on the matching information; and a wide dynamic range image generator (32) for combining a plurality of differently exposed images in which positions are corrected by the position corrector (24), and thereby generating an image having a wider dynamic range than images imaged by the camera (100) (101). Consequently, generation of a wide dynamic range image and measurement of the distance to a subject can be performed at the same time from differently exposed images with parallax taken at the same time.",
  "title": "IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING MEANS AND PROGRAM"
}