Compound-eye imaging apparatus
US7718940B2 · kind B2 · utility
9Cited by
8References
16Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N25/41
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A plurality of imaging optical lenses (301a to 301c) form a plurality of subject images on a plurality of imaging regions (302a to 302c), respectively. When viewed along a direction parallel with optical axes, at least one straight line connecting corresponding points in at least one pair of the subject images that are formed by at least one pair of the imaging optical lenses is inclined with respect to a direction in which pixels are arranged in the imaging regions. In this way, a high-resolution image always can be obtained regardless of the subject distance.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.