Imaging device and display device
US7433127B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 21, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N13/207
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed are an imaging device and a display device which both have a simple structure without any need of an image conversion. The imaging device includes a lens component group including multiple lens component systems, each of which focuses incident light from the object, thereby creating a non-inverted image of the object, the lens component systems being arranged in an array form and on the same level, and an image capturing mechanism for picking up the created image. In addition, each of the lens component systems includes an afocal optical system and an image-forming system. The afocal optical system includes at least one optical element for inverting an externally incident light ray relative to its optical axis and outputting the light ray. The optical element has uniform refractive index. The image-forming system includes at least one optical element having uniform refractive index throughout its interior.
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