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Imaging device and image sensing method

US12052487B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 14, 2022
Grant dateJul 30, 2024
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F39/8063
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is an imaging device including a sensing array including a plurality of sensing elements, an imaging lens array including a plurality of imaging optical lenses, each of the plurality of imaging optical lenses having a non-circular cross-section perpendicular to an optical axis, and configured to transmit light received from an outside of the imaging device, and a condensing lens array including a plurality of condensing lenses disposed between the imaging lens array and the sensing array, and configured to transmit the light passing through the imaging lens array to the sensing elements, wherein a number of the plurality of imaging optical lenses is less than a number of the plurality of condensing lenses.

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