Image pickup device

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2006-10-10

2006-10-10

Sugarman, Scott J. (Department: 2873)

Optical: systems and elements

Single channel simultaneously to or from plural channels

C348S335000, C369S112010

Reexamination Certificate

active

07119961

ABSTRACT:
An image pickup device which can obtain an image of wide range picked up by a plurality of cameras is provided by preventing occurrence of parallax.The image pickup device is constructed such that an object of wide range is divided into a plurality of divided object portions to be separately picked up by a plurality of image pickup elements and images of divided object portions are processed into one combined video image by a processing element to which information on video images supplied from the respective image pickup elements is input; the image pickup element includes a lens21and an image pickup element23which detects rays of light passed through the lens21, and when principal rays positioned in a Gauss area are selected from among the principal rays passing through the center of an aperture stop22of the lens21in the image pickup element and a point where linear components of the selected principal rays in an object side space are extended to intersect an optical axis is defined as an NP point26, in respective image pickup elements a position of the NP point26is set behind the image pickup element23and respective NP points of the plurality of image pickup elements are made to congregate within a predetermined radius area in which one NP point26is centered.

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