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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
May. 14, 2018
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Echigo, Sagamihara, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device includes a stage, an imaging element, a plurality of lenses, a plurality of diaphragms, an adjuster, and a controller. Light passing through each of the plurality of lenses passes through any one of the plurality of diaphragms. The controller is configured to control at least one of a diameter of the opening in each of the plurality of diaphragms and a position of each of the plurality of diaphragms in the optical axis direction of the imaging element so that a size of a valid area of a plurality of images projected on the imaging element by the plurality of lenses is equal to or greater than a first reference value. The valid area is an area on which each of the plurality of images is projected, excluding an area in which two adjacent images overlap.