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Light receiving device, focus detection device and imaging device

US8680451B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 2008
Grant dateMar 25, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 25, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2101/00
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A light receiving device that receives light having passed through an image forming optical system and outputs a light reception signal includes: a light receiving element array formed by arraying a plurality of light receiving elements; a micro-lens array disposed between the image forming optical system and the light receiving element array, which includes a plurality of micro-lenses arrayed in correspondence to the plurality of light receiving elements; and a storage unit that stores position-related information pertaining to a relative positional relationship assumed by the micro-lens array and the light receiving element array with respect to a plane perpendicular to optical axes of the micro-lenses.

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