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Lens unit, image pickup apparatus, electronic device and an image aberration control method

US8310583B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 2009
Grant dateNov 13, 2012
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N25/61
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A lens unit using an aberration control module is disclosed. The lens unit can be operable to intentionally produce aberration. In the lens unit, a point-spread-function of a light beam passing through the lens unit becomes substantially circular.

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