Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compound-eye imaging device
- Patent Title (中): 复眼成像装置
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Application No.: US12395971Application Date: 2009-03-02
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Publication No.: US08237841B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Jun Tanida , Ryoichi Horisaki , Takashi Toyoda , Yoshizumi Nakao , Yasuo Masaki
- Applicant: Jun Tanida , Ryoichi Horisaki , Takashi Toyoda , Yoshizumi Nakao , Yasuo Masaki
- Applicant Address: JP Daito-shi
- Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Daito-shi
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: JP2008-048035 20080228
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; G02B13/16

Abstract:
A compound-eye imaging device comprises an imaging device body having 9 optical lenses and a solid-state imaging element for imaging unit images formed by the optical lenses. Assuming that the combination of each of the optical lenses with a corresponding divided area of the solid-state imaging element to image each of the corresponding unit images is an imaging unit, thereby forming multiple imaging units, the respective imaging units have randomly different optical imaging conditions. For example, the focal lengths of the 9 optical lenses are set to have random values in which the optical lenses are arranged to have random distances between adjacent ones thereof in a direction parallel to the major surface of the solid-state imaging element. This compound-eye imaging device substantially prevents unit images formed by respective imaging units from being the same, making it possible to easily increase the definition of a reconstructed image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090225203A1 COMPOUND-EYE IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2009-09-10
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