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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Noriyuki Fujimori, Suwa, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); G02B 23/02 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00163 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); G02B 23/02 (2013.01); G02B 23/243 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 2005/2255 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging device includes a lens group configured to collect incident light, a prism configured to reflect the light collected by the lens group, and an image sensor having a light receiving unit configured to receive the light reflected by the prism and to perform photoelectric conversion on the received light to generate an electrical signal. The prism is mounted on the light receiving unit, and the lens group is directly mounted on a surface of the image sensor.