摘要:
There is provided an imaging device which is small in light loss, is operable to suppress an occurrence of a stray light, and is operable to provide an image with a high quality as far as a periphery thereof. The imaging device operable to output an image of an object as an electrical image signal, comprising: a solid-state imaging sensor including pixels which are two dimensionally arranged on a first flat surface and each of which has a photo-electric conversion function; and a lens array including micro lenses two dimensionally arranged on a second flat surface separately provided so as to be parallel to the first flat surface, in which the solid-state imaging sensor includes an imaging area of unit including a plurality of pixels, and each of the micro lenses forms an optical image of the object on a corresponding imaging area of unit and satisfies a predetermined condition, arctan(L/f)≦θ, for a pixel, from among pixels included in an imaging area of unit corresponding to each micro lens, positioned farthest from an optical axis of a corresponding micro lens. Here, θ is a maximum angle of an incident light capable of entering a pixel, f is a focal length of a micro lens, and L is a diameter of a circle circumscribing an imaging area of unit corresponding to one of the micro lenses.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide: a thin imaging device in which a high image resolution is obtained and in which the resolution does not uniformly vary even when the shooting distance is changed; and a lens array used therein. The present invention relates to an imaging device comprising: a lens array 130 constructed by arranging in parallel a plurality of lens elements having optical power in at least one surface; and an image sensor 110 in which an optical image formed by an optical system having each of the lens elements is received by each of mutually different imaging regions each having a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections so that the optical image is converted into an electric image signal, wherein each lens element and the imaging region corresponding to the lens element constitute an imaging unit, while the imaging units have diverse imaging region areas. The present invention relates also to a lens array used therein.
摘要:
There is provided an imaging device which is small in light loss, is operable to suppress an occurrence of a stray light, and is operable to provide an image with a high quality as far as a periphery thereof. The imaging device operable to output an image of an object as an electrical image signal, comprising: a solid-state imaging sensor including pixels which are two dimensionally arranged on a first flat surface and each of which has a photo-electric conversion function; and a lens array including micro lenses two dimensionally arranged on a second flat surface separately provided so as to be parallel to the first flat surface, in which the solid-state imaging sensor includes an imaging area of unit including a plurality of pixels, and each of the micro lenses forms an optical image of the object on a corresponding imaging area of unit and satisfies a predetermined condition, arctan(L/f)≦θ, for a pixel, from among pixels included in an imaging area of unit corresponding to each micro lens, positioned farthest from an optical axis of a corresponding micro lens. Here, θ is a maximum angle of an incident light capable of entering a pixel, f is a focal length of a micro lens, and L is a diameter of a circle circumscribing an imaging area of unit corresponding to one of the micro lenses.
摘要:
A thin image sensor which is capable of projecting an illuminating light for illuminating an object and has high optical performance is provided. An image sensor (10) includes: a lens array (11) including lens elements (11a) arranged in an array on a plane; an imaging element (13) for converting an optical image into an electrical signal, the imaging element including imaging areas, each of which includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and is operable to receive the optical image; and a light source section (14) for projecting an illuminating light for illuminating an object from which the optical images are to be formed.
摘要:
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical system for forming an optical image of an object, the imaging optical system including a focal length adjusting section adjustable a focal length based on an input signal and a plurality of image forming lenses for receiving a light that has transmitted through said focal length adjusting section to form the optical image of the object, and an image sensor for generating an electrical image signal obtained by converting the optical image, wherein a unit is composed of each of the image forming lens and an image taking area on the image sensor having a plurality of light receiving sections for receiving the optical image, and a plurality of units being two-dimensionally arranged, so that it is possible to provide the imaging apparatus with high convenience, which is reduced in thickness, and whose focal length adjustable.
摘要:
In a wide-angle image-generating device for obtaining a developed image by picking up a wide-angle image of about ±90 degrees using a reflecting mirror having a rotary-symmetrical convex shape, and performing computational processing, the contents of the developed image thus obtained are tilted by the amount commensurate with the inclination of the central rotational axis of the reflecting plane, which produces the drawback of giving a sense of discomfort to the viewer when the central rotational axis of the reflecting plane is tilted from a vertical direction within a plane perpendicular to a 0-degree direction. In the present invention, an angle sensor (12) is provided in the imaging device for picking up a wide-angle image of about ±90 degrees using a reflecting mirror (1), and the tilt within the plane perpendicular to the 0-degree direction is measured. The resulting value is used to perform development processing and to rotate the developed image by means of the computational processing device (11) so as to make the horizontals of the developed image and the TV monitor (13) conform to each other.
摘要:
An omnidirectional video apparatus that operates when an image at an arbitrary view point is cut out from an omnidirectional image for reproduction, to minimize the amount of information transferred if all directions are stored in another apparatus is provided. Only positional information from an omnidirectional image position storage means (3) is displayed on an image pickup position display means (4) of a terminal device via a bidirectional communication means (10). A view point position indicating means (5) specifies a required view point position. An image converting means (6) of a supply center extracts required images from the omnidirectional image position storage means (3) depending on the view point position indicated by the view point position indicating means (5) and transmits the images via the bidirectional communication means (10) to the terminal device for display.
摘要:
A magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus wherein a magnetic tape is drawn out of a tape cartridge by a tape loading mechanism which is moved from its inoperative position to its operative position by the rotational power of a motor, and which motor also drives an operating mode changing mechanism which changes the operating mode of the apparatus.
摘要:
The amount of displacement of a track recorded on a magnetic tape from the linear state is analyzed by using an image analysis apparatus, and a two-dimensional distribution state of the displacement state is displayed, so that a difference in the displacement state due to the position on the magnetic tape can be known, while the changes in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape or the variation state of the displacement in the time course can be obtained.
摘要:
In a clutch assembly, a driven member is driven by a driving member through an engaging or clutch member which is mounted on the driven member movably between a position to be engaged with the driving member and a position to be released from the driving member. The engaging or clutch member is thrust toward the engaged position by a first thrusting force. A releasing member is movable between an active position to abut at one end thereof against the engaging or clutch member and an inactive position to be apart from the engaging member, and is thrust toward the abutting end by a second thrusting force. When the releasing member abuts against the engaging member, the releasing member is first moved in the opposite direction to the second thrusting force direction by a driving force of the driving member to reach a stop position, and then the engaging member is moved in the direction to be disengaged from the driving member by the driving force of the driving member. The engaging or clutch member is further moved, after having been disengaged from the driving member, by the second thrusting force to reach the released position.