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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2019
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Masayuki Aihara, Osaka, JP;

Shigenori Yatsuri, Osaka, JP;

Yoshio Matsumura, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 13/18 (2006.01); G01C 3/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G01C 11/06 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01); G01C 11/30 (2006.01); G02B 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 13/18 (2013.01); G01B 11/24 (2013.01); G01C 3/10 (2013.01); G01C 11/02 (2013.01); G01C 11/06 (2013.01); G01C 11/30 (2013.01); G02B 3/02 (2013.01); G02B 13/0045 (2013.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging device having an optical system including a free-form surface lens with rotationally asymmetric shape that forms an image on an imaging surface such that a resolution of a first region in front of the predetermined region is higher than a resolution of a second region at a lateral side of the predetermined region. The free-form surface lens has a shape that forms the image such that a resolution of a portion at a predetermined first distance away from a center of the first region in a vertical direction is different from a resolution of a portion at the predetermined first distance away from the center of the first region in a horizontal direction, the vertical direction being orthogonal to the horizontal direction, in the imaging element, in which the first region and the second region are aligned.


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