PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polarization image acquisition device and a polarization image processing device in which a polarization image improved in quality is generated.SOLUTION: A polarization image acquisition device of the present disclosure includes: light source units (103, 104, 132) for sequentially generating illumination light of P types (P is an integer of 2 or more) not overlapping to each other and having different wavelength bands a color polarization composite mosaic filter 108 having two or more polarizing filters of P types or more comprising the P types of polarizing filters having P pieces of different polarization transmitting directions corresponding to the illumination light of the P types are arranged on a surface, the color polarization composite mosaic filter that is disposed in an incident position of the illumination light and converts the Illumination light into the P types of polarization illumination light having polarization directions different to each other and emits it when the P types of illumination light is incident sequentially and polarization imaging elements (110, 111, 113, 114) acquire the image of the returning light (107) from the subject whenever a subject is sequentially applied by the P types of illumination light, the polarization imaging element that is configured to acquire the polarization images of P types or more polarized in the different polarization transmitting directions of P pieces or more.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】質の向上した偏光画像を生成する偏光画像取得装置および偏光画像処理装置を提供する。【解決手段】本開示の偏光画像取得装置は、互いに重複しない異なる波長帯域を有するP種類(Pは2以上の整数)の照明光を順次発生する光源部(103、104、132)と、P種類の照明光に対応するP個の異なる偏光透過方向を有するP種類の偏光フィルタを含むP種類以上の複数の偏光フィルタが面上に配列されたカラー偏光複合モザイクフィルタであって、照明光が入射する位置に配置され、P種類の照明光が順次入射すると、照明光を相互に偏光方向が異なるP種類の偏光照明光に変換して出射するカラー偏光複合モザイクフィルタ108と、P種類の照明光で被写体が順次照射されるたびに被写体からの戻り光(107)の画像を取得する偏光撮像素子であってP個以上の異なる偏光透過方向に偏光したP種類以上の偏光画像を取得するように構成された偏光撮像素子(110、111、113、114)とを備える。【選択図】図7
