Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device
- Patent Title (中): 成像设备
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Application No.: US12757520Application Date: 2010-04-09
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Publication No.: US08237843B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Kenji Yamamoto , Isao Ichimura , Kengo Hayasaka , Koichiro Kishima
- Applicant: Kenji Yamamoto , Isao Ichimura , Kengo Hayasaka , Koichiro Kishima
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: K&L Gates LLP
- Priority: JPP2009-100187 20090416
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; G02B13/16 ; G02B27/10

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an imaging device, including: an imaging lens having an aperture stop; an imaging element adapted to obtain image data based on received light; and a microlens array provided in the focal plane of the imaging lens between the imaging lens and imaging element, the microlens array including a plurality of microlenses arranged in such a manner that each microlens is associated with a plurality of imaging pixels of the imaging element, wherein the arrangement of the microlenses of the microlens array is corrected from an equidistant arrangement to a non-linear arrangement according to the height of the image from the imaging lens on the imaging element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100265381A1 IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2010-10-21
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