18894712. IMAGING APPARATUS (Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.)
IMAGING APPARATUS
Organization Name
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
Inventor(s)
Shunsuke Tomomatsu of Osaka (JP)
IMAGING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18894712 titled 'IMAGING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
An imaging apparatus captures an image of a person passing through a predetermined space, using a sub-terahertz wave. The imaging apparatus includes an emitter that emits the sub-terahertz wave to the person, and a detection device. The detection device includes: an optical system that images a reflected wave which is the sub-terahertz wave emitted from the emitter and reflected by the person; and a plurality of pixels that are disposed in a planar arrangement and each receive the reflected wave imaged by the optical system, and generates an image based on cumulative intensities, each being obtained by accumulating an intensity of the reflected wave received by each of the plurality of pixels for a predetermined time, and the planar arrangement of the plurality of pixels. The predetermined time is Îť/1778 seconds or longer, when the wavelength of the sub-terahertz wave is taken as Îť mm.