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Imaging device

US5907438A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 29, 1997
Grant dateMay 25, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B5/045
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An imaging device includes a first focusing element on which rays from an object are incident, a second focusing element from which the rays are emitted toward an imaging surface, and a roof mirror having surfaces which are connected to each other at an angle of 90.degree. so that a ridge line is formed, the roof mirror being arranged so that the ridge line intersects optical axes of the first focusing element and the second focusing element at a position on a plane including the optical axes.

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